<?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[Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48688]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waes-hael! for Lord and Dame! O! merry be their Dole;  Drink-hael! in Jesu's name,   And fill the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waes-hael! for Lord and Dame! O! merry be their Dole;  Drink-hael! in Jesu's name,   And fill the tawny bowl.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of man is how well he is able to feel about what he thinks. The test of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of man is how well he is able to feel about what he thinks. The test of a woman is how well she is able to think about what she feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47120]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bear and the FoxA bear boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all animals he was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1528]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bear and the FoxA bear boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all animals he was the most tender in his regard for man, for he had such respect for him that he would not even touch his dead body. A Fox hearing these words said with a smile to the Bear, Oh! that you would eat the dead and not the living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A picture is a poem without words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45415]]></link><description><![CDATA[A picture is a poem without words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Byrd Amendment virtually defines corporate welfare. This is a massive payola scheme that takes money out of the US ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Byrd Amendment virtually defines corporate welfare. This is a massive payola scheme that takes money out of the US Treasury and uses it to line the pockets of private companies that have done nothing to earn it except sign on to antidumping petitions that drive up prices for American consumers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's an adorable dog. He obviously belonged to someone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35245]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's an adorable dog. He obviously belonged to someone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is the longing for repetition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is the longing for repetition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64806]]></link><description><![CDATA[A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most business lines continue to exhibit strong sales during the quarter, including sales of consumer loans, deposits and credit cards, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most business lines continue to exhibit strong sales during the quarter, including sales of consumer loans, deposits and credit cards,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36617</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[John Kerry was a thorn in our flesh. He was very articulate, a credible leader of the opposition. He forced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23292]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Kerry was a thorn in our flesh. He was very articulate, a credible leader of the opposition. He forced us to create a counterfoil. We found a vet named John O’Neill and formed a group called Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace. We had O’Neill meet the President, and we did everything we could do to boost his group]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43671]]></link><description><![CDATA[I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, "Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44107]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It used to be just the opposite. It used to be us watching them. We know about the established program ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It used to be just the opposite. It used to be us watching them. We know about the established program they have (in baseball). Now, we're trying to establish something on this side of the street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all men think alike, no one thinks very much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46317]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66553]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power concedes nothing without a demand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power concedes nothing without a demand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56053]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a man Of an unbounded stomach. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonsense and beauty have close connections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonsense and beauty have close connections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31807]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on my leg and collapsed. I just could not get up to speed. It was too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go;  The horse knows the way   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go;  The horse knows the way   To carry the sleigh,    Through the white and drifted snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54901]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One sole desire, one passion now remains To keep life's fever still within his veins,  Vengeance! dire vengeance on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54092]]></link><description><![CDATA[One sole desire, one passion now remains To keep life's fever still within his veins,  Vengeance! dire vengeance on the wretch who cast   O'er him and all he lov'd that ruinous blast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26161]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56944]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in the end learns to do better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. -Martha Washington. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. -Martha Washington.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want either an apology or some kind of explanation as to why they chose to do the cartoons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28521]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want either an apology or some kind of explanation as to why they chose to do the cartoons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenage girls are too caught up in being with a guy who's the best for everyone else and not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teenage girls are too caught up in being with a guy who's the best for everyone else and not the best for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45660]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of mad folks in a narrow place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17417]]></link><description><![CDATA[He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should have no trouble getting up for a school like Kentucky. The last couple of games we've been shaky ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36549]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should have no trouble getting up for a school like Kentucky. The last couple of games we've been shaky early in the game. [Today] we have to play 40 minutes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16476]]></link><description><![CDATA[God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the jasmine flower in her fair young breast, (O the faint, sweet smell of that jasmine flower!)  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23125]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the jasmine flower in her fair young breast, (O the faint, sweet smell of that jasmine flower!)  And the one bird singing alone to his nest.   And the one star over the tower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who has a book of all that monarchs do, He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;  For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who has a book of all that monarchs do, He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;  For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,   Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;    And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,     The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear      To stop the air would hurt them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life. -John Paul Richter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41699]]></link><description><![CDATA[From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41699</guid></item></channel></rss>