<?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[The good and the wise lead quiet lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good and the wise lead quiet lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23929]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14585]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep my fingers crossed because still nothing is accepted, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28839]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep my fingers crossed because still nothing is accepted,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurgents used to mortar the thing every day. Luckily, it was a very large base and they were very poor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insurgents used to mortar the thing every day. Luckily, it was a very large base and they were very poor shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything in excess is opposed to nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything in excess is opposed to nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4612]]></link><description><![CDATA[My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded. That all the Apostles would have done as they did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded. That all the Apostles would have done as they did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My twin and Iwere wombmatesand then roommates.Some day our bodieswill be tombmates.(as their souls will be togetherwith those of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15643]]></link><description><![CDATA[My twin and Iwere wombmatesand then roommates.Some day our bodieswill be tombmates.(as their souls will be togetherwith those of their husbands in paradise).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout? [Fr., Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans l'ame des devots?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can such bitterness enter into the heart of the devout? [Fr., Tant de fiel entre-t-il dans l'ame des devots?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go pretty rose, go to my fair, Go tell her all I fain would dare,  Tell her of hope; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go pretty rose, go to my fair, Go tell her all I fain would dare,  Tell her of hope; tell her of spring,   Tell her of all I fain would sing,    Oh! were I like thee, so fair a thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started a big part of my career in Vegas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started a big part of my career in Vegas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movementthan is the cult of the dinosaur. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movementthan is the cult of the dinosaur. When designing a methodology it isundoubtedly far easier to construct a system that discourages individualdifferences, than it is to construct a system that that leverages andencourages them, but that does not mean that a methodology designed foran array of idealized entities will be the most productive, successful,or rewarding one. Choosing a cult methodology to be applied to a professionalclass is often an economic one, treating individuality as undesirable reducesthe professional to the proletariat, seen as less expensive and readilyreplaceable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There would have to be a structural shift in prices to change their perspective, ... Right now, there's a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37550]]></link><description><![CDATA[There would have to be a structural shift in prices to change their perspective, ... Right now, there's a lot of speculation built into oil prices -- the majors will have to see that turn into fundamentals in order to change their plans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't take a well-tanned person seriously ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't take a well-tanned person seriously]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts  Of kindness and of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23766]]></link><description><![CDATA[On that best portion of a good man's life, His little, nameless, unremembered acts  Of kindness and of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21065]]></link><description><![CDATA[People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather attempt something great and fail than attempt to donothing and succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21625]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather attempt something great and fail than attempt to donothing and succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both togethergo to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both togethergo to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sheriff cried on television because he has no money to pay his employees, and food is scarce, ... I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33954]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sheriff cried on television because he has no money to pay his employees, and food is scarce, ... I told them I would reach Gov. Bush and ask him to let the president know so they can get some help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16448]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more destructive, a lot madder and a lot saner, than the average person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hit the nail on the head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hit the nail on the head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8233]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We employ a variety of formations depending upon what the team we play dictates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42340]]></link><description><![CDATA[We employ a variety of formations depending upon what the team we play dictates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores  Of all that bore to victory  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scarce one tall frigate walks the sea Or skirts the safer shores  Of all that bore to victory   Our stout old Commodores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We aren't here today because of Michael Roberts. We're not here today because of what he had or didn't have, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33279]]></link><description><![CDATA[We aren't here today because of Michael Roberts. We're not here today because of what he had or didn't have, where he lived or didn't live. We're here today because these four men are murderers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58945]]></link><description><![CDATA[What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No possession is gratifying without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9121]]></link><description><![CDATA[No possession is gratifying without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45088]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52728]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A plague of all cowards, I say. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55855]]></link><description><![CDATA[A plague of all cowards, I say. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2046]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The Law of Emotional Choice directs us to acknowledge our feelings but also to refuse to get stuck in the negative ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saints need sinners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saints need sinners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We like playing on the road when everyone is against you. It makes you feel good, when you win, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29186]]></link><description><![CDATA[We like playing on the road when everyone is against you. It makes you feel good, when you win, to see all those hurt faces in the crowd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20175]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's athletic, but he's really raw yet. He's definitely a scrappy kid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36470]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's athletic, but he's really raw yet. He's definitely a scrappy kid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56953]]></link><description><![CDATA[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46283]]></link><description><![CDATA[We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carcasses bleed at the sight of the murderer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43386</guid></item></channel></rss>