<?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[Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9091]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Wildwood to the north end of Marion County it looks like business as usual, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38465]]></link><description><![CDATA[From Wildwood to the north end of Marion County it looks like business as usual,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is not caused. It is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is not caused. It is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We urge the Supreme People's Court to conduct an immediate review of this decision with a view to overturning it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41751]]></link><description><![CDATA[We urge the Supreme People's Court to conduct an immediate review of this decision with a view to overturning it. Extending the death penalty to cover more crimes goes against the international trend towards abolition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices taking your life? What do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every choice moves us closer to or farther away from something. Where are your choices taking your life? What do your behaviors demonstrate that you are saying yes or no to in life?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27143]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61631]]></link><description><![CDATA[In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52832]]></link><description><![CDATA[In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit, and not for the purposes of any individual or party.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The death of junk e-mail will come from a social reason, ... One of two things will happen: No one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The death of junk e-mail will come from a social reason, ... One of two things will happen: No one will check their e-mail boxes, or junkers will know no one is reading their e-mail. Either way, the message is not being delivered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes. [Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes. [Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than the freedom to stagnate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were pleased with the defensive effort the girls put forth on Sunday. We have been working a lot on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32379]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were pleased with the defensive effort the girls put forth on Sunday. We have been working a lot on the defensive aspect of the game in the early spring practices and it was nice to see it translate onto the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who make no nuisance of themselves in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17193]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead:  And in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead:  And in whatever state a man be thrown,   'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19904]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56320]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reality is that as we enter the new year, the big caps continue to dominate the market as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reality is that as we enter the new year, the big caps continue to dominate the market as they have for almost two years now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24611]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster.  The far-fam'd sculptor, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15092]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster.  The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard,   Those bold insurancers of deathless fame,    Supply their little feeble aids in vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this day and age, some turn 18 and think they're a man or a woman and that's it, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26241]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this day and age, some turn 18 and think they're a man or a woman and that's it, but that's just not true. You have to establish your manhood or your womanhood with actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to live-I want to love first, and live incidentally. -Zelda Fitzgerald. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14797]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to live-I want to love first, and live incidentally. -Zelda Fitzgerald.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our two networks are so dissimilar because they overlap in so few places that this is not really going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our two networks are so dissimilar because they overlap in so few places that this is not really going to affect any one service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sound of a kiss is much softer than that of a cannon - but it's echo lasts a great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23842]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sound of a kiss is much softer than that of a cannon - but it's echo lasts a great deal longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a mediocre person is always at his best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a mediocre person is always at his best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23934]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than reason]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28144]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I broke a rib saving her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I broke a rib saving her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as a woman without children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15572]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as a woman without children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has changed He has grownNo longer bud but Love Fullblown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4209]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has changed He has grownNo longer bud but Love Fullblown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66524]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48840]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of success is constancy to purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52612]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of success is constancy to purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will go back to the old faith he learnt Beside his mother's knee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51551]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will go back to the old faith he learnt Beside his mother's knee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know not what others may choose but, as for me, giveme liberty or give me death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know not what others may choose but, as for me, giveme liberty or give me death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday  Perhaps we feel that we do not see much to encourage us. "I do not envy those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday  Perhaps we feel that we do not see much to encourage us. "I do not envy those who have to fight the battle of Christianity in the twentieth century," wrote Marcus Dods. "Yes, perhaps I do; but it will be a stiff fight." Of course, he did, and anybody with his valiant spirit would. There was a day when our Lord passed through cheering streets wildly enthusiastic; and another day when He watched the crowds deserting Him, till even the disciples themselves seemed to be withering, and He looked at them sadly. "Will you also go away?" He said. And Peter strode across the sudden empty spaces widening around Him, and put his back to Christ's. "No", he cried; "there are two of us, at least", and faced the world, Christ's poor minority of one. I would rather have been Peter than one of the shouting mob. And today, perhaps, we may get our chance of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O you virtuous owle, The wise Minerva's only fowle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45343]]></link><description><![CDATA[O you virtuous owle, The wise Minerva's only fowle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the pools are bright and deep Where the gray trout lies asleep,  Up the river and o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the pools are bright and deep Where the gray trout lies asleep,  Up the river and o'er the lea   That's the way for Billy and me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I realize the price was small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! when duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! when duty grows thy law, enjoyment fades away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13072</guid></item></channel></rss>