<?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[Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning makes an experience more positive. We played with some positive energy today, and with some intensity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning makes an experience more positive. We played with some positive energy today, and with some intensity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Americans were to make the effort to manage their weight using a variety of options, including better nutrition, more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41068]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Americans were to make the effort to manage their weight using a variety of options, including better nutrition, more exercise, approved medications or even surgical approaches, we would be rewarded with significantly better health,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56883]]></link><description><![CDATA[...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when its through, if you are a crook or a martyr.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49319]]></link><description><![CDATA[He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just do what you do best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just do what you do best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's amazing to me that 16- and 17-year-olds are treated as adults no matter what. If we make a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28202]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's amazing to me that 16- and 17-year-olds are treated as adults no matter what. If we make a big enough presence and have enough people, maybe the General Assembly will listen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing I fear most is fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22682]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing I fear most is fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thee too, my Paridel! she mark'd thee there, Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair,  And heard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thee too, my Paridel! she mark'd thee there, Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair,  And heard thy everlasting yarn confess   The Pains and Penalties of Idleness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and where ever it may lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16691]]></link><description><![CDATA[What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and where ever it may lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being directed down that pathway is very helpful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being directed down that pathway is very helpful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64465]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people in order to betray them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46017]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57536]]></link><description><![CDATA[How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a wonderful experience on the golf course today. I had a hole in nothing. Missed the ball and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33731]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a wonderful experience on the golf course today. I had a hole in nothing. Missed the ball and sank the divot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; But a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56653]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smile starts on the lips, A grin spreads to the eyes, A chuckle comes from the belly; But a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, Overflows, and bubbles all around]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12234]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47071]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom means freedom from forces and circumstances which would turn man into a thing, which would impose on man the passivity and predictability of matter. By this test, absolute power is the manifestation most inimical to human uniqueness. Absolute power wants to turn people into malleable clay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played well, did everything to win but conceded three strange goals. It's difficult to explain this defeat. Porto were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32025]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played well, did everything to win but conceded three strange goals. It's difficult to explain this defeat. Porto were the better side, we created many chances to score. Sometimes the best team doesn't win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our goal is to help everyone be involved in the full life of the church, not just Sunday morning services. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our goal is to help everyone be involved in the full life of the church, not just Sunday morning services.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To liken them to your auld-warld squad, I must needs say comparisons are odd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9146]]></link><description><![CDATA[To liken them to your auld-warld squad, I must needs say comparisons are odd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a pretty good hitter. I'm not going to throw too much inside because I don't want to hit him. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34793]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a pretty good hitter. I'm not going to throw too much inside because I don't want to hit him. I'll try to make good pitches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11925]]></link><description><![CDATA[I start to feel like I can’t maintain the facade any longer, that I may just start to show through. And I wish I knew what was wrong. Maybe something about how stupid my whole life is. I don’t know. Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... I don’t know the answer, I know only that I can’t. I don't want any more vicissitudes, I don't want any more of this try, try again stuff. I just want out. I’ve had it. I am so tired. I am twenty and I am already exhausted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11780]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw you into a panic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16720]]></link><description><![CDATA[We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52778]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing them, end them. Hamlet]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15980]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought girls would be impressed because I had read a big dictionary. I guess I thought it would get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16238]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought girls would be impressed because I had read a big dictionary. I guess I thought it would get their attention when I told them I was sesquipedalian. One look down at my feet usually dispelled the deception though.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19655]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be a 'No', ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28267]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be a 'No',]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16908]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair. -Samuel Johnson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There have been talks for 12 years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37446]]></link><description><![CDATA[There have been talks for 12 years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No jealousy their dawn of love o'ercast, Nor blasted were their wedded days with strife;  Each season looked delightful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26543]]></link><description><![CDATA[No jealousy their dawn of love o'ercast, Nor blasted were their wedded days with strife;  Each season looked delightful as it past,   To the fond husband and the faithful wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26543</guid></item></channel></rss>