<?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[No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45148]]></link><description><![CDATA[No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16349]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57542]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't psyche myself up. I psyche myself down. I think clearer when I'm not psyched up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reparation for our rights at home, and security against the like future violations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No serious historian of politics would imagine that he had accounted for the protective tariff of the system of bounties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47412]]></link><description><![CDATA[No serious historian of politics would imagine that he had accounted for the protective tariff of the system of bounties or subsidies, for the monetary and banking laws, for the state of law in regard to corporate privileges and immunities, for the actual status of property rights, for agricultural or for labor policies, until he had gone behind the general claims and the abstract justifications and had identified the specifically interested groups which promoted the specific law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow never yet On any human being rose or set. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59458]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow never yet On any human being rose or set.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have found it is much easier to make a success in life than to make a success of one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1152]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have found it is much easier to make a success in life than to make a success of one's life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Barleycorn was a hero bold, Of noble enterprise,  For if you do but taste his blood,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61672]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Barleycorn was a hero bold, Of noble enterprise,  For if you do but taste his blood,   'Twill make your courage rise,    Twill make a man forget his wo;     'Twill heighten all his joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen. [Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45267]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen. [Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les boeufs.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got frustrated. You know how it is when seniors know they might be playing their last game. They get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31509]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got frustrated. You know how it is when seniors know they might be playing their last game. They get a little frustrated and lose their poise a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not changing direction we will continue to move full-steam ahead with our core business, which is Blockbuster stores ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38630]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not changing direction we will continue to move full-steam ahead with our core business, which is Blockbuster stores and Blockbuster online,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The demands of unbounded individualism need to be weighed in the light of inherent social constraints which can only change ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The demands of unbounded individualism need to be weighed in the light of inherent social constraints which can only change their form but cannot be eliminated without eliminating civilization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47325]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As any policeman today will tell you, it's not the idea of getting the first shot off, it's hitting your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37076]]></link><description><![CDATA[As any policeman today will tell you, it's not the idea of getting the first shot off, it's hitting your target. Often the first guy that shoots misses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New ideas stir from every corner. The show up disguised innocently as interruptions, contradictions and embarrasing dilemmas. Beware of total ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16216]]></link><description><![CDATA[New ideas stir from every corner. The show up disguised innocently as interruptions, contradictions and embarrasing dilemmas. Beware of total strangers and friends alike who shower you with comfortable sameness, and remain open to those who make you uneasy, for they are the true messengers of the future. -Rob Lebow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can't be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44238]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can't be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play is the beginning of knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play is the beginning of knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On a large enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58388]]></link><description><![CDATA[On a large enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It involves a lot of monitoring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40827]]></link><description><![CDATA[It involves a lot of monitoring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that respects not, is not respected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that respects not, is not respected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many of us were single and young, there were no boundaries between work and home. It was a tremendously ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34966]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many of us were single and young, there were no boundaries between work and home. It was a tremendously productive period for all of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61143]]></link><description><![CDATA[To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vote for the man who promises least. He'll be the least disappointing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vote for the man who promises least. He'll be the least disappointing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is empowering, ... It feels good to be able to manhandle someone across the line. I've worked hard at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38047]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is empowering, ... It feels good to be able to manhandle someone across the line. I've worked hard at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is empty and all the devils are here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is empty and all the devils are here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white skinned at the blackamoor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white skinned at the blackamoor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58057]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm afraid that it will fail miserably. Somehow, we have to promote this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41005]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm afraid that it will fail miserably. Somehow, we have to promote this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can fool some of the people some of the time and all of the people some of the time, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28147]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can fool some of the people some of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try to give their best qualities to men -- bring them softness, teach them how to cry. -Joan Baez.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Makes a swan-like end, Fading in music. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Makes a swan-like end, Fading in music. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There 's a skirmish of wit between them. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55416]]></link><description><![CDATA[There 's a skirmish of wit between them. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always the people that know you the least, that judge you the most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63346]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always the people that know you the least, that judge you the most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is definitely a good sign. We definitely hope this is the breakthrough we have been looking for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41543]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is definitely a good sign. We definitely hope this is the breakthrough we have been looking for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How calm, how beautiful comes on The stilly hour, when storms are gone!  When warring winds have died away, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50688]]></link><description><![CDATA[How calm, how beautiful comes on The stilly hour, when storms are gone!  When warring winds have died away,   And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,    Melt off, and leave the land and sea     Sleeping in bright tranquillity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What mighty contests rise from trivial things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50933]]></link><description><![CDATA[What mighty contests rise from trivial things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationships are like crystals, you don't realize how much you love it until it breaks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relationships are like crystals, you don't realize how much you love it until it breaks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53266</guid></item></channel></rss>