<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The fire, with well-dried logs supplied, Went roaring up the chimney wide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fire, with well-dried logs supplied, Went roaring up the chimney wide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green,  The Holly leaves a sober hue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19584]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as, when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green,  The Holly leaves a sober hue display   Less bright than they,    But when the bare and wintry woods we see,     What then so cheerful as the Holly-tree?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without promotion something terrible happens... Nothing! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without promotion something terrible happens... Nothing!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are confronted by a first danger, the destructiveness of applied atomic energy. And then we are confronted by a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11066]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are confronted by a first danger, the destructiveness of applied atomic energy. And then we are confronted by a second danger, that we do not enough appreciate the first danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don\'t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66910]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don\'t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I slapped him in the mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36314]]></link><description><![CDATA[I slapped him in the mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24247]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are games in which it is better to lose than win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50893]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are games in which it is better to lose than win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig,  And a bo'sun ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold And the mate of the Nancy brig,  And a bo'sun tight and a midshipmite   And the crew of the captain's gig.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No pressure, no diamonds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1050]]></link><description><![CDATA[No pressure, no diamonds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He (Thomas Hobbes) walked much and contemplated, and he had in the head of his staff a pen and ink-horn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38822]]></link><description><![CDATA[He (Thomas Hobbes) walked much and contemplated, and he had in the head of his staff a pen and ink-horn, carried always a notebook in his pocket, and as soon as a thought darted, he presently entered it into his book, or otherwise he might perhaps ha]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes down to it, water, sewer, roads and rail is what you need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37364]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes down to it, water, sewer, roads and rail is what you need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17438]]></link><description><![CDATA[For to give is the business of the rich. [Lat., Denn Geben ist Sache des Reichen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to beat, but only one way to win; get there first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61699]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to beat, but only one way to win; get there first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did what was best for the horse, not what other people thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36313]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did what was best for the horse, not what other people thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5277]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call no man happy till he is dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call no man happy till he is dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As innocent as a new-laid egg. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20952]]></link><description><![CDATA[As innocent as a new-laid egg.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it,  As being loth to wear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61809]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grant, although he had much wit, H' was very shy of using it,  As being loth to wear it out,   And therefore bore it not about;    Unless on holy days or so,     As men their best apparel do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way others treat you when you're there, is something to be considered.. but the way they respect you when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way others treat you when you're there, is something to be considered.. but the way they respect you when you're not around is much more important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She wore a wreath of roses, The night that first we met. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54418]]></link><description><![CDATA[She wore a wreath of roses, The night that first we met.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many elements to a campaign.Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two. Anthony T. Dadovano -Bernd Brecher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24494]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many elements to a campaign.Leadership is number one. Everything else is number two. Anthony T. Dadovano -Bernd Brecher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctor?s authorized me to indicate to the public that he acknowledges that he has an alcohol problem. His work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctor?s authorized me to indicate to the public that he acknowledges that he has an alcohol problem. His work schedule of 12 to 16 hours a day leaves him an in exhaustive state, and just a few drinks -- or any drink -- are too much to handle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Tiger was 6 months old, he would sit in our garage, watching me hit balls into a net. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57529]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Tiger was 6 months old, he would sit in our garage, watching me hit balls into a net. He had been assimilating his golf swing. When he got out of the high chair, he had a golf swing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis the merry nightingale That crowds, and hurries, and precipitates  With fast thick warble his delicious notes,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44542]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis the merry nightingale That crowds, and hurries, and precipitates  With fast thick warble his delicious notes,   As he were fearful that an April night    Would be too short for him to utter forth     His love-chant, and disburthen his full soul      Of all its music!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5539]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59086]]></link><description><![CDATA[For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ever consider what pets must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing haul - chicken, pork, half a cow. They must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some things are good, some middling, more bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some things are good, some middling, more bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56148]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation... Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing, whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego. His anxiety subsides. His inhuman void spreads monstrously like a gray vegetation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of this you may be assured, that you shall none of you suffer for your opinions or religion, so long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of this you may be assured, that you shall none of you suffer for your opinions or religion, so long as you live peaceably, and you have the word of a king for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25342]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employers tend to find foreign educated, Mandarin speaking graduates attractive, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Employers tend to find foreign educated, Mandarin speaking graduates attractive,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16494]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A golden key will open every lock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23687]]></link><description><![CDATA[A golden key will open every lock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't see major these kinds of fluctuations unless there's major maintenance going on, which is usually announced in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34534]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't see major these kinds of fluctuations unless there's major maintenance going on, which is usually announced in the press.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better late than never, but never late is better ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better late than never, but never late is better]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were together almost every day this summer. Between weightlifting and practices and the camps, we all really got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39785]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were together almost every day this summer. Between weightlifting and practices and the camps, we all really got to know each other and become good friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to get one that bucks so I can get a good score. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42169]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to get one that bucks so I can get a good score.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heredity deals the cards; environment plays the hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heredity deals the cards; environment plays the hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19201</guid></item></channel></rss>