<?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["Charm" - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5759]]></link><description><![CDATA["Charm" - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every law is an infraction of liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every law is an infraction of liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that every person is born with talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4079]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that every person is born with talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you're seeing is a glut of gently used vehicles, and that's putting pressure on all vehicle prices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38033]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you're seeing is a glut of gently used vehicles, and that's putting pressure on all vehicle prices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, now lettest now thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.(2:29). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, now lettest now thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word.(2:29).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19511]]></link><description><![CDATA[What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddently aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - My Summer in a Garden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In fact, one thing that I have noticed...is that all of these conspiracy theories depend on the perpetrators being endlessly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27852]]></link><description><![CDATA[In fact, one thing that I have noticed...is that all of these conspiracy theories depend on the perpetrators being endlessly clever. I think you'll find the facts also work if you assume everyone is endlessly stupid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to be thrilled not only by the guarantee of the Good but also by the shudder of the Bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Georgia's the team to beat. Everybody pretty much acknowledges that, but we're 1-0 against them, and I don't think our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Georgia's the team to beat. Everybody pretty much acknowledges that, but we're 1-0 against them, and I don't think our kids are ready to concede.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2511]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12471]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By starlight, I'll kiss you, and promise to be your one and only. I'll make you feel happy and leave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23845]]></link><description><![CDATA[By starlight, I'll kiss you, and promise to be your one and only. I'll make you feel happy and leave you to be lost in mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66226]]></link><description><![CDATA[People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't have what it takes. -Clare Boothe Luce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They all have wonderful personalities and a wonderful work ethic. Their parents are hard-working people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38028]]></link><description><![CDATA[They all have wonderful personalities and a wonderful work ethic. Their parents are hard-working people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Some participants were disappointed.] I was expecting a bigger celebration, ... It doesn't fit the size of the victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28315]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Some participants were disappointed.] I was expecting a bigger celebration, ... It doesn't fit the size of the victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're still fighting for home-field advantage in the first round of against Dallas. Even if we could catch first place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31579]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're still fighting for home-field advantage in the first round of against Dallas. Even if we could catch first place we've still got to wrap up second, so it doesn't make much of a difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27400]]></link><description><![CDATA[True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes of the Nation while patriotic blood is crimsoning the plains of the South and their countrymen moldering the dust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8812]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30857]]></link><description><![CDATA[It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on television?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3353]]></link><description><![CDATA[A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[WFP intends to continue helping the refugees but it can only do so with the help of the international community. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29101]]></link><description><![CDATA[WFP intends to continue helping the refugees but it can only do so with the help of the international community. That help is needed more than ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It reminds me of PIO, or pilot induced oscillation, a lag in the plane's response to a pilot moving the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40734]]></link><description><![CDATA[It reminds me of PIO, or pilot induced oscillation, a lag in the plane's response to a pilot moving the stick, ... You push the stick down and the plane doesn't go down right away, so you push it down more, and then it really starts to fall. The same thing happens in monetary policy if you have gradualism in interest rates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who gives to all, denies all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who gives to all, denies all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By "guts" I mean, grace under pressure ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18073]]></link><description><![CDATA[By "guts" I mean, grace under pressure]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't change on me. Don't extort me unless you intend to do it forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1628]]></link><description><![CDATA[A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unix is the answer, but only if you phrase the question very carefully. Unix is user-friendly. It's just very selective ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unix is the answer, but only if you phrase the question very carefully. Unix is user-friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends are. Unix: It's not just 'User-Unfriendly', it's 'Proactively User-Hostile' !]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48461</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[Hope is a waking dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is a waking dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. -King Henry IV. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55837]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They eat the dainty food of gamous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27933]]></link><description><![CDATA[They eat the dainty food of gamous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach. - The Italians, 1964.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opera ain't over till the fat lady sings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a.  A merry heart goes all the day, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a.  A merry heart goes all the day,   Your sad tires in a mile-a.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It gets their confidence up for the season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42024]]></link><description><![CDATA[It gets their confidence up for the season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The hardest ones to win for God are the self-righteous people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52688]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here with my beer I sit, while golden moments flit: alas! They pass unheeded by: and as they fly, I, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here with my beer I sit, while golden moments flit: alas! They pass unheeded by: and as they fly, I, being dry, sit idly sipping here, my beer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45638]]></link><description><![CDATA[From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56908</guid></item></channel></rss>