<?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[Numbers are like people; torture them enough and they'll tell you anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Numbers are like people; torture them enough and they'll tell you anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57134]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was able to go to Iraq.. to the place my son died..and fill my promise to my wife to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18225]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was able to go to Iraq.. to the place my son died..and fill my promise to my wife to put a crucifix onthe spot.. and bring home some of the blooddrenched dirt..and plant a white rose bush in itMilitary Families Speak Out.. broadcast on C Span.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build Her humble nest, lies silent in the field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not a young club, but we've only got a couple seniors. We're really kind of a junior-dominated club right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36122]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not a young club, but we've only got a couple seniors. We're really kind of a junior-dominated club right now, so we've got a chance to be pretty good this year, but I think next year might really be our year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He raised a mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20856]]></link><description><![CDATA[He raised a mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41073]]></link><description><![CDATA[A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53195]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were absolutely aiming to capture that Sun Studio sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38520]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were absolutely aiming to capture that Sun Studio sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep telling them to please review my magazine and compare it with ... adult men's lifestyle magazines already in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34722]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep telling them to please review my magazine and compare it with ... adult men's lifestyle magazines already in Indonesia. But they keep telling me to change the name Playboy, not the content. It's ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3080]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25217]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,  How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh Ignorance Thou art fall'n man's best friend! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh Ignorance Thou art fall'n man's best friend!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44202]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation -- it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51210]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63723]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27615]]></link><description><![CDATA[What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stress: The confusion created when one's mind overrides the body's basic desire to choke the living daylights out of some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stress: The confusion created when one's mind overrides the body's basic desire to choke the living daylights out of some jerk who desperately deserves it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created by God to adapt to deserts made by treekilling human beings The animal made by human commitee had pickled pigs' feet .. the pigs now had no feet .. frog's legs ...the frogs now had no legs chicken's thighs... the chickens now had no thighs lamb's ribs .. the lamb now had no ribs turkey's breasts.. the turkey's chest was carved sheep's eyes which watched the devourers calf brains which contained Mad Cow and God sent angels to wipe all violence from the earth from this day forth © S N Shriver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is a good servant but a bad master. [Fr., L'argent est un bon serviteur, mais un mechant maitre." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is a good servant but a bad master. [Fr., L'argent est un bon serviteur, mais un mechant maitre."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the hills of Habersham, Down the valleys of Hall,  I hurry amain to reach the plain;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of the hills of Habersham, Down the valleys of Hall,  I hurry amain to reach the plain;   Run the rapid and leap the fall,    Split at the rock, and together again     Accept my bed, or narrow or wide,      And flee from folly on every side       With a lover's pain to attain the plain,        Far from the hills of Habersham,         Far from the valleys of Hall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too rigid scruples are concealed pride. [Ger., Zu strenge Ford'rung ist verborgner Stolz.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too rigid scruples are concealed pride. [Ger., Zu strenge Ford'rung ist verborgner Stolz.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2379]]></link><description><![CDATA["The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.... It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn." --George Washington]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The setting sun, and music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last,  Writ in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58339]]></link><description><![CDATA[The setting sun, and music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last,  Writ in remembrance more than things long past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62039]]></link><description><![CDATA[How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as more of a process of, as you're coming into town, wanting people to stop and service our businesses, buy their gas and stuff like that. Once you come into town and get into high density growth and mini-stores it becomes more of a distraction and a nuisance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comparisons are odorous. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comparisons are odorous. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We outgrew this space a long time ago. It's been cramped as far as in front of house space. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38564]]></link><description><![CDATA[We outgrew this space a long time ago. It's been cramped as far as in front of house space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Johann is so unselfish that he sometimes hurts himself. The reality is that he shoots the ball very well from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Johann is so unselfish that he sometimes hurts himself. The reality is that he shoots the ball very well from the outside. So after halftime, I had to tell him, 'shoot the basketball' and he did. I just wanted to remind the rest of the county that this kid is a double-threat. He's not a kid you can just pack down on. He doesn't get stifled and he knows how to pick you apart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47083]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we've had in a couple of hundred years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. . -Martin Luther King. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19816]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. . -Martin Luther King.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon, A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon,  Condemn'd to drudge, the meanest of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23328]]></link><description><![CDATA[A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon, A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon,  Condemn'd to drudge, the meanest of the mean,   And furbish falsehoods for a magazine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which a good thing may pass over unobserved, or be lost among commissions of bankrupt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1721]]></link><description><![CDATA[So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22514]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100 percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no remedy for time misspent; No healing for the waste of idleness,  Whose very languor is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20351]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no remedy for time misspent; No healing for the waste of idleness,  Whose very languor is a punishment   Heavier than active souls can feel or guess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the sea intoning, Only the wainscot-mouse,  Only the wild wind moaning   Over the lonely house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the sea intoning, Only the wainscot-mouse,  Only the wild wind moaning   Over the lonely house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11564</guid></item></channel></rss>