<?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[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressure can burst a pipe or pressure can make a diamond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is his own chief enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is his own chief enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who matter are most aware that everyone else does, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20643]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who matter are most aware that everyone else does, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47831]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very energized but, I also recognize the enormity of our challenge, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36963]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very energized but, I also recognize the enormity of our challenge,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam,  There's a warmth about to glow,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59457]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a fount about to stream, There's a light about to beam,  There's a warmth about to glow,   There's a flower about to blow;    There's a midnight blackness changing     Into gray;      Men of thought and men of action,       Clear the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47402]]></link><description><![CDATA[All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include among the ignorant themselves as well as the wisest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61946]]></link><description><![CDATA[In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is nothing but perception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is nothing but perception.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye mariners of England! That guard our native seas;  Whose flag has braved a thousand years,   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye mariners of England! That guard our native seas;  Whose flag has braved a thousand years,   The battle and the breeze!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63029]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the Attack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the Attack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anothers bread costs deare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anothers bread costs deare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to think continentally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to think continentally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insanity is my only means of relaxation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insanity is my only means of relaxation]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work at it night and day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work at it night and day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservation means the wise use of the earth and its resources for the lasting good of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43157]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18169]]></link><description><![CDATA[To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for, and with obscurity, for being unenvied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The funds are for] foreseeable needs in ongoing crises but there are also margins for unexpected catastrophes that may occur ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29040]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The funds are for] foreseeable needs in ongoing crises but there are also margins for unexpected catastrophes that may occur during the year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teams (like Minnesota) that aren't playing for anything are always dangerous because they play loose. You always want to jump ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teams (like Minnesota) that aren't playing for anything are always dangerous because they play loose. You always want to jump on teams like that and not give them a chance. We knew we had to put the heat on them quick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41155]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you listen to the politicians, you might think we are all terrorists ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58966]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you listen to the politicians, you might think we are all terrorists]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our elections are free, it's in the results where eventually we pay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our elections are free, it's in the results where eventually we pay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14711]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sister is one who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56477]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sister is one who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are punished by our sins, not for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64731]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are punished by our sins, not for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting is just like a guy playing an instrument; it's something to look forward to the next day. When I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting is just like a guy playing an instrument; it's something to look forward to the next day. When I was painting in Dixon, I was out of the place . . . and I made some money selling paintings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of what sophisticates loftily refer to as the "complexity" of the real world is in fact the inconsistency in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of what sophisticates loftily refer to as the "complexity" of the real world is in fact the inconsistency in their own minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition is an explanation for acting without thinking]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need to factor in the (interest-rate) differential, as well as the costs of refinancing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35330]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need to factor in the (interest-rate) differential, as well as the costs of refinancing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53236]]></link><description><![CDATA[For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more; it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66710]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His tongue is now a stringless instrument; Words, life, and all, old Lancaster hath spent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56470]]></link><description><![CDATA[His tongue is now a stringless instrument; Words, life, and all, old Lancaster hath spent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-by to the Bill of Rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the devil was he doing in this galley? [Fr., Que diable alloit-il faire dans cette galere?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58408]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the devil was he doing in this galley? [Fr., Que diable alloit-il faire dans cette galere?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves,  And, like living coals, the apples  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3562]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves,  And, like living coals, the apples   Burned among the withering leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolves are very resourceful. All they need to survive is for people not to shoot them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wolves are very resourceful. All they need to survive is for people not to shoot them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43945</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/45700]]></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/45700</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></channel></rss>