<?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[Like I said earlier, the movie is metaphorical for the world. Today we're seeing so many instances of monumental duplicity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like I said earlier, the movie is metaphorical for the world. Today we're seeing so many instances of monumental duplicity, ... I think that's the task, in a way, to show what an architect of duplicity this character is, in his simplicity, forthrightness and morality. It's a strange and wonderful study of how far a horrible lie can be taken in terms of a character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hole calls the thiefe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49871]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hole calls the thiefe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49871</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[Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But you have signed an agreement with the Russians! They will sell us oil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29706]]></link><description><![CDATA[But you have signed an agreement with the Russians! They will sell us oil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only is the expanded VAT in place, the government has already raised the VAT rate to 12 percent. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only is the expanded VAT in place, the government has already raised the VAT rate to 12 percent. There is obviously lesser political noise now than before, so what else does Moody's want before it changes its outlook?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For it is truly bizarre for artists to be universally ranked among the giants, for generation after generation . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17401]]></link><description><![CDATA[For it is truly bizarre for artists to be universally ranked among the giants, for generation after generation . . . and then be cast from the highest slopes of Parnassus to the lower slopes of art's ever-growing dust-heap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is scar tissue in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is scar tissue in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Germans wit is in his fingers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49859]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Germans wit is in his fingers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52083]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5190]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every book is a children's book if the kid can read! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The less of one, the more of the others. The degree of freedom that is possible is therefore tied to the extent to which people respond to persuasion or inducement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The women also ... are given a quiz asking them what's their primary form of contraception and their second form ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37751]]></link><description><![CDATA[The women also ... are given a quiz asking them what's their primary form of contraception and their second form of contraception, and it has to match up to what the practitioner said.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61689]]></link><description><![CDATA[If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word to the wise is infuriating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63570]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word to the wise is infuriating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15982]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Separate we come, and separate we go, And this be it known, is all that we know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Separate we come, and separate we go, And this be it known, is all that we know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O jealousy, Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom  Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23162]]></link><description><![CDATA[O jealousy, Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom  Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue   Of my flesh check to haggard sallowness,    And drinks my spirit up!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23372]]></link><description><![CDATA[A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no plans to trade Paul Pierce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32638]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no plans to trade Paul Pierce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're known for helping out other people in need. The kids have been great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34344]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're known for helping out other people in need. The kids have been great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue and we will live happily ever after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ramm!    Sing: Goddamm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the truth as I see it, my dear, Out in the wind and the rain:  They who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47758]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the truth as I see it, my dear, Out in the wind and the rain:  They who have nothing have little to fear,   Nothing to lose or to gain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know the public is wildly enthusiastic about both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39509]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know the public is wildly enthusiastic about both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a visceral reaction to a horrible event. He feels a sense of responsibility, not just as a senator, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33260]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a visceral reaction to a horrible event. He feels a sense of responsibility, not just as a senator, but as an African-American senator.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35170]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their own minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the nice thing is that we're talking about modest exercise, not two hours in the gym every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32339]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the nice thing is that we're talking about modest exercise, not two hours in the gym every day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13582]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blues, spirituals, and folk tales recounted from mouth to mouth . . . all these formed the channels through which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blues, spirituals, and folk tales recounted from mouth to mouth . . . all these formed the channels through which the racial wisdom flowed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intimate or drastic elements in the work of others are untouchable and should not be commented upon even in their absence. Private conflicts, quarrels, sentiments, animosities are unavoidable in any human group. It is our duty towards creation to keep these in check in so far as they might deform and wreck the work process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55231]]></link><description><![CDATA[All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this. -Elbert Hubbard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of a barn. -Tom Savage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48639]]></link><description><![CDATA[A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a great team effort. We really played smart and guys stepped up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41044]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a great team effort. We really played smart and guys stepped up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and remorseless as the struggle between the artist man and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and remorseless as the struggle between the artist man and the mother woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44341]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in doubt, win the trick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12752]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in doubt, win the trick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27975]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were doing a full back shot of me in a swimsuit and I thought, Oh my God, I have to be so brave. See, every woman hates herself from behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27975</guid></item></channel></rss>