<?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[He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49310]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife. [He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're all equipped with multi-purpose rooms and gymnasiums, ... If we had to utilize all the schools, we could hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28170]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're all equipped with multi-purpose rooms and gymnasiums, ... If we had to utilize all the schools, we could hold 25,000 to 30,000 temporarily. That's the worst-case scenario.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44990]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The architect Built his great heart into these sculptured stones,  And with him toiled his children, and their lives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The architect Built his great heart into these sculptured stones,  And with him toiled his children, and their lives   Were builded, with his own, into the walls,    As offerings unto God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33606]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The music that I\'ve made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66659]]></link><description><![CDATA[The music that I\'ve made in the past has had strong contemporary country roots, but I think moving on in music, I will branch out from that a bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is, as it were, a second self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16828]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is, as it were, a second self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous,  (Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51356]]></link><description><![CDATA[New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous,  (Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows that it brings abundance to drive away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows that it brings abundance to drive away hunger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5132]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We form bonds. It's a very female bonding kind of dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28558]]></link><description><![CDATA[We form bonds. It's a very female bonding kind of dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18308]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did that a lot, he worked behind the scenes. He knew who he needed on board to make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30164]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did that a lot, he worked behind the scenes. He knew who he needed on board to make it happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43009]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to be a great thing. It's going to raise a lot of money. It's going to raise a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30449]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to be a great thing. It's going to raise a lot of money. It's going to raise a lot of awareness about how badly help is needed. And all in all it's gonna be a great show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wouldst thou both eat thy cake and have it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And a breastplate made of daisies, Closely fitting, leaf on leaf,  Periwinkles interlaced   Drawn for belt about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10980]]></link><description><![CDATA[And a breastplate made of daisies, Closely fitting, leaf on leaf,  Periwinkles interlaced   Drawn for belt about the waist;    While the brown bees, humming praises,     Shot their arrows round the chief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65601]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7411]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his character. The blow at the outward man may be the greatest blessing to the inner man. If God, then, puts or permits anything hard in our lives, be sure that the real peril, the real trouble, is that we shall lose if we flinch or rebel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are born mad. Some remain so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are born mad. Some remain so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17108]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I seen him come in through the balcony door, and he pulled the gun from under his coat. He just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29392]]></link><description><![CDATA[I seen him come in through the balcony door, and he pulled the gun from under his coat. He just started shooting her, then he shot at the pulpit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lifestyle is what you pay for; a life is what pays you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22404]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lifestyle is what you pay for; a life is what pays you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the hardest things in life is watching the person you love, love someone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12252]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the hardest things in life is watching the person you love, love someone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me it was just exciting to see fake news catching on like that. We don't… you know, it's interesting. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44448]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me it was just exciting to see fake news catching on like that. We don't… you know, it's interesting. I think we don't make things up. We just distill it to, hopefully, its most humorous nugget. And in that sense it seems faked and skewed just because we don't have to be subjective or pretend to be objective. We can just put it out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment giving and loving becomes more of an option than an obligation, you always tend to miss out on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment giving and loving becomes more of an option than an obligation, you always tend to miss out on the beautiful moments of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good the have a hatch before the durre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51973]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good the have a hatch before the durre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol'n, Let him not know't, and he's not robbed at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59140]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol'n, Let him not know't, and he's not robbed at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1796]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come. -Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come. -Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union gives strength to the humble. [Lat., Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Union gives strength to the humble. [Lat., Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[deja vu all over again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33836]]></link><description><![CDATA[deja vu all over again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The striking point about our model family is not simply the compete-compete, consume-consume style of life it urges us to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27071]]></link><description><![CDATA[The striking point about our model family is not simply the compete-compete, consume-consume style of life it urges us to follow. The striking point, in the face of all the propaganda, is how few Americans actually live this way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting his ground? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50396]]></link><description><![CDATA[With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting his ground?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no easy way to bathe a hummingbird. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39643]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no easy way to bathe a hummingbird.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess the thing to do is to be two strokes down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess the thing to do is to be two strokes down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13536]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our "pocket of excellence" is that 75% of [American] students have learned to "critique tactfully?" -Barbara J. Alexander.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playing snooker gives you firm hands and helps to build up character. It is the ideal recreation for dedicated nuns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Playing snooker gives you firm hands and helps to build up character. It is the ideal recreation for dedicated nuns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I think no chair is so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I think no chair is so much needed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature [the cat] nine lives instead of one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5311]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature [the cat] nine lives instead of one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a fair house, built on another man's ground. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a fair house, built on another man's ground. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CANI! - (pronounced kuhn-EYE) stands for Constant And Never-endingImprovement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21266]]></link><description><![CDATA[CANI! - (pronounced kuhn-EYE) stands for Constant And Never-endingImprovement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out, out, brief candle!Life's but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out, out, brief candle!Life's but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a living beggar than a buried emperor. [Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a living beggar than a buried emperor. [Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3925</guid></item></channel></rss>