<?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[Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the atmosphere in which all things thrive]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man--public opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't have any attacks, it's easy to let the program slip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38966]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't have any attacks, it's easy to let the program slip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never known a person who lives to 110 who is remarkable for anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1765]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never known a person who lives to 110 who is remarkable for anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and the prisoners were left free to choose, the whole social fabric would fly asunder. You can't have the argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in? If he is not, why pretend that he is?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64359]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're getting a collection of Irish and Scottish music going, which is fun and it really gets people stomping their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37835]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're getting a collection of Irish and Scottish music going, which is fun and it really gets people stomping their feet. They're not so much singing along, unless they know the words and then they get started.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're talking about twenty-something years of professional ball. You have seen every defence you can possibly see. Every type of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38878]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're talking about twenty-something years of professional ball. You have seen every defence you can possibly see. Every type of athlete, every type of blitz, every type of coverage. You've seen everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're robbing a bank and you're pants fall down, I think it's okay to laugh and to let the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11710]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're robbing a bank and you're pants fall down, I think it's okay to laugh and to let the hostages laugh too, because, come on, life is funny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A free market is by far the best for the consumer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35320]]></link><description><![CDATA[A free market is by far the best for the consumer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9811]]></link><description><![CDATA[A clear conscience is a soft pillow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, break, my heart! poor bankrout, break at once! To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty!  Vile earth, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12016]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, break, my heart! poor bankrout, break at once! To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty!  Vile earth, to earth resign; end motion here,   And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65420]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order for three people to keep a secret, two must be dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His studie was but litel on the Bible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54905]]></link><description><![CDATA[His studie was but litel on the Bible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to that song, and learn it! Half my kingdom would I give,  As I live,   If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to that song, and learn it! Half my kingdom would I give,  As I live,   If by such songs you would earn it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56867]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.This minding of other people's business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national and racial affairs. In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rule needs significant work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rule needs significant work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Louisiana should be able to apply the word ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirableÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â to her dream of a modern medical teaching facility. Yet, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Louisiana should be able to apply the word ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirableÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â to her dream of a modern medical teaching facility. Yet, when a dream transcends to desire and intention is conquered by cupidity, ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã…ÂadmirabilityÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â is reduced to depravity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These other states, they don't let grass grow, so we've got to get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30277]]></link><description><![CDATA[These other states, they don't let grass grow, so we've got to get it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66194]]></link><description><![CDATA[However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60544]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get something done a committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9006]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get something done a committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one hath a foole in his sleeve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less we know the more we suspect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less we know the more we suspect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27180]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems as though women keep growing. Eventually they can have little or nothing in common with the men they chose long ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He managed to hit all the keys on the great American political piano. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23694]]></link><description><![CDATA[He managed to hit all the keys on the great American political piano.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only on recognising the true, may we lay down our task of searching further for truth; and only on being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only on recognising the true, may we lay down our task of searching further for truth; and only on being satisfied that we have found the holy, are we justified in submitting to its guidance. The duty of following truth at all hazards is not altered, and it is only a false wisdom and prudence which shuns the search. The one chief reason why so much more may be revealed to babes than to the wise and prudent is still simply that, with less calculation and prejudice, they entirely abandon themselves to the leading of truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have tried at all times to create doubts about the democratic legitimacy of a president who has been elected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30102]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have tried at all times to create doubts about the democratic legitimacy of a president who has been elected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25317]]></link><description><![CDATA[In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55212]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no substitute for playing the game. You can do all the drills you want . . . you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38022]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no substitute for playing the game. You can do all the drills you want . . . you have to teach them technique but you have to put them in situations where they must use that technique.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I choke while reading this, it's only from my love for Bill, ... What a price this family has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33030]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I choke while reading this, it's only from my love for Bill, ... What a price this family has paid for Miss Allard's conduct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless hand Some random bud will meet;  Thou canst not tread, but thou wilt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stoop where thou wilt, thy careless hand Some random bud will meet;  Thou canst not tread, but thou wilt find   The daisy at thy feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be faithful than famous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15049]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be faithful than famous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55829]]></link><description><![CDATA[As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious. -King Richard II. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64001]]></link><description><![CDATA[In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1132]]></link><description><![CDATA[For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56522]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame the earth seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire--why, it appeareth nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they can't get adopted, they will stay here. This is going to be their home for the rest of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31048]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they can't get adopted, they will stay here. This is going to be their home for the rest of their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31048</guid></item></channel></rss>