<?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[Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truest smiles are those which spread across our faces when no one's watching us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truest smiles are those which spread across our faces when no one's watching us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an insult to be just a great cover guy. I really think Deion Sanders set defensive-back play back. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34087]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an insult to be just a great cover guy. I really think Deion Sanders set defensive-back play back. All he would do is cover people and not strike anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A relationship is like a rose,How long it lasts, no one knows;Love can erase an awful past,Love can be yours, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2194]]></link><description><![CDATA[A relationship is like a rose,How long it lasts, no one knows;Love can erase an awful past,Love can be yours, you'll see at last;To feel that love, it makes you sigh,To have it leave, you'd rather die;You hope you've found that special rose,'Cause you love and care for the one you chose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All glory comes from daring to begin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3977]]></link><description><![CDATA[All glory comes from daring to begin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. [Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie abgeglattet sind.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. [Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie abgeglattet sind.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63342]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can man die better, Than facing fearful odds  For the ashes of this fathers   And the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50608]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can man die better, Than facing fearful odds  For the ashes of this fathers   And the temples of his gods?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price of justice is eternal publicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price of justice is eternal publicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real beggar is indeed the true and only king. [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist  Doch einzig und allein ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real beggar is indeed the true and only king. [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist  Doch einzig und allein der wahre Konig.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every bullet has its billet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every bullet has its billet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We let ourselves down in the opening 20 minutes. We didn't get balls forward quickly enough and they got on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38423]]></link><description><![CDATA[We let ourselves down in the opening 20 minutes. We didn't get balls forward quickly enough and they got on top of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blond in a red dress can do without introductions --but not without a bodyguard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17517]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blond in a red dress can do without introductions --but not without a bodyguard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it followthat electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged,models deposed, tree ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21323]]></link><description><![CDATA[If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it followthat electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged,models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60813]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52087]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48654]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me another horse! Bind up my wounds! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me another horse! Bind up my wounds!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a sheet of paper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3016]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a sheet of paper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Markets are now focused squarely on inflation. Will it follow the great growth we've seen and force the Fed's hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Markets are now focused squarely on inflation. Will it follow the great growth we've seen and force the Fed's hand to take rates up faster than the market currently anticipates?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/371]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27778]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1429]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The importance of this big defeat, dramatic defeat is not only that they have lost areas, but they have lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The importance of this big defeat, dramatic defeat is not only that they have lost areas, but they have lost their main fighting force,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look here, he cries (to give him words): Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!  Look here, thou vile, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look here, he cries (to give him words): Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!  Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,   Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My people too were scared with eerie sounds, A footstep, a low throbbing in the walls.  A noise of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2794]]></link><description><![CDATA[My people too were scared with eerie sounds, A footstep, a low throbbing in the walls.  A noise of falling weights that never fell,   Weird whispers, bells that rang without a hand,    Door-handles turn'd when none was at the door,     And bolted doors that open'd of themselves;      And one betwixt the dark and light had seen       Her, bending by the cradle of her babe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60754]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearth for he magnetizes to your home those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearth for he magnetizes to your home those who love every heart.(typo corrected).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was indeed the glass Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14402]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was indeed the glass Wherein the noble youth did dress themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where water is boss, the land must obbey ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where water is boss, the land must obbey]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27586]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lo! darkness bends down like a mother of grief On the limitless plain, and the fall of her hair  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lo! darkness bends down like a mother of grief On the limitless plain, and the fall of her hair  It has mantled a world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46477]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on, And turn again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on, And turn again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation. [Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation. [Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta committi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bright pledge of peace and sunshine! the sure tie Of thy Lord's hand, the object of His eye!  When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bright pledge of peace and sunshine! the sure tie Of thy Lord's hand, the object of His eye!  When I behold thee, though my light be dim,   Distinct, and low, I can in thine see Him    Who looks upon thee from His glorious throne,     And minds the covenant between all and One.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have yet to achieve needed traction there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30310]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have yet to achieve needed traction there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63972]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."Latin: "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."Latin: "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Letters to Lucilius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50723</guid></item></channel></rss>