<?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[My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60224]]></link><description><![CDATA[My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O villain, thou hast stol'n both mine office and my name! The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59133]]></link><description><![CDATA[O villain, thou hast stol'n both mine office and my name! The one ne'er got me credit, the other mickle blame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1539]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. Zeal should not outrun discretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66675]]></link><description><![CDATA[My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1841]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done. -Richard Needham.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55083]]></link><description><![CDATA[SELFISH, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In addition, it has been less successful than we had hoped in selling consumer electronics in its mall stores. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30436]]></link><description><![CDATA[In addition, it has been less successful than we had hoped in selling consumer electronics in its mall stores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nation of shopkeepers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nation of shopkeepers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed is to make any' good' choice, believe in it, go through with it, and accept the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28162]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My illness is due to my doctor's insistence that I drink milk, a whitish fluid they force down helpless babies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20452]]></link><description><![CDATA[My illness is due to my doctor's insistence that I drink milk, a whitish fluid they force down helpless babies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59881]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--diliberate, contrived, and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is a creature that needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35166]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is a creature that needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26218]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43668]]></link><description><![CDATA[One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The administration's agenda just doesn't resonate in Illinois. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33400]]></link><description><![CDATA[The administration's agenda just doesn't resonate in Illinois.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought he had a chance to score. But DePew made a play that no coach can teach. He did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33051]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought he had a chance to score. But DePew made a play that no coach can teach. He did it strictly on instinct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were notified by relatives who had not been able to contact the man, despite several tries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34900]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were notified by relatives who had not been able to contact the man, despite several tries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to speak to the Greens and the F.D.P. in the next few days. What we need is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33695]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to speak to the Greens and the F.D.P. in the next few days. What we need is the largest possible consensus. We have our own agenda. We need to conduct open talks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What passing bells for these who die as cattle?Only the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25352]]></link><description><![CDATA[What passing bells for these who die as cattle?Only the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan patter out their hasty orisons. - Anthem for Doomed Youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spheres of influence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spheres of influence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't follow. I'd be at the bottom to catch ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25986]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't follow. I'd be at the bottom to catch them when they fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If man is not made for God, why is he not happy except in God? If man is made for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7851]]></link><description><![CDATA[If man is not made for God, why is he not happy except in God? If man is made for God, why is he so opposed to God?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's healthy to have a decent lag time between discs, but if there's too much time in between, there might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31641]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's healthy to have a decent lag time between discs, but if there's too much time in between, there might be a drop off in interest. What amazes me is that no matter how obscure or generic a TV show might be, there's always someone who'll buy it. As long as the studios recognize this, they can manufacture modest quantities and generate respectable sales.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56865]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23874]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I saw it last year, the fans, the crowd, the competition, I knew I wanted to be in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36307]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I saw it last year, the fans, the crowd, the competition, I knew I wanted to be in the county meet. Now I just want to go out there and have a good showing against the rest of the top guys in the county and just let the best man win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44122]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kids really played well. They were focused from the start. We couldn't have won the game without any one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kids really played well. They were focused from the start. We couldn't have won the game without any one player out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18304]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48442]]></link><description><![CDATA[For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't strew me with roses after I'm dead. When Death claims the light of my brow No flowers of life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't strew me with roses after I'm dead. When Death claims the light of my brow No flowers of life will cheer me: instead You may give me my roses now!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be absolutely a mistake to think that you can just eat what you want and you're going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31453]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be absolutely a mistake to think that you can just eat what you want and you're going to be OK.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have cut my leg with my own adze. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50834]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have cut my leg with my own adze.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feares are divided in the midst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feares are divided in the midst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49240</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[Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: when out of place they are offensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: when out of place they are offensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And my large kingdom for a little grave, A little little grave, an obscure grave. -King Richard II. Act iii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55826]]></link><description><![CDATA[And my large kingdom for a little grave, A little little grave, an obscure grave. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is to be along; this, this is solitude! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57164]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is to be along; this, this is solitude!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what we put up with here. We don't need that type of stuff here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37245]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what we put up with here. We don't need that type of stuff here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...we see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15814]]></link><description><![CDATA[...we see that there are two different kinds of...societies: (a) parasitic societies and (b) producing societies. The former are those which live from hunting, fishing, or merely gleaning. By their economic activities they do not increase, but rather decrease, the amount of wealth in the world. The second kind of societies, producing societies, live by agricultural and pastoral activities. By these activities they seek to increase the amount of wealth in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference, which is, at least, half infidelity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. -The Merchant of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55617]]></link><description><![CDATA[How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55617</guid></item></channel></rss>