<?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[Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Probably the earliest flyswatters were nothing more than some sort of striking surface attached to the end of a long stick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People see the world not as it is, but as they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14529]]></link><description><![CDATA[People see the world not as it is, but as they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26775]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow "too much.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just did not take care of our business. We missed too many shots, made too many mistakes, and played ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40168]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just did not take care of our business. We missed too many shots, made too many mistakes, and played non-aggressive. I sincerely believe we have three of the best players in the greater Houston area, yet all three of them struggled tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet   The words repeat    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legally all member states that apply reduced rates, they have to come back to the minimum standard VAT rate in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Legally all member states that apply reduced rates, they have to come back to the minimum standard VAT rate in the European Union, which is 15 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better your room than your company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better your room than your company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26451]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39466]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always done things the hard way. I was born like a piece of tangled yarn. The job is trying to untangle it, and I'll probably go on doing it for the rest of my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is well ended, if the suit be won. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51217]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is well ended, if the suit be won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all feel responsible to listen to the other three, ... We go by consensus. If we all agree, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42110]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all feel responsible to listen to the other three, ... We go by consensus. If we all agree, we know it's good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This voluntary gesture will create a spiritual bond among Muslims and the Palestinian cause and have a great impact on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29785]]></link><description><![CDATA[This voluntary gesture will create a spiritual bond among Muslims and the Palestinian cause and have a great impact on the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune. [Lat., Nihil est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5519]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune. [Lat., Nihil est aptius delectationem lectoris quam temporum varietates fortunaeque vicissitudines.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The industry is working on tags as small as the dot of on the letter 'i', or tags can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The industry is working on tags as small as the dot of on the letter 'i', or tags can be woven into fabric, in effect hiding them from the consumer. The best way to protect the consumer is to clearly label products that have the tags and let people decide whether or not they want to buy them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39571</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://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://maxioms.com/maxiom/43668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This current administration cannot even bring home a soldier from Iraq and they talk about putting a man on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47151]]></link><description><![CDATA[This current administration cannot even bring home a soldier from Iraq and they talk about putting a man on the moon.. didn't the Democrats whose candidates were elected in the last3 presidential elections do that?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If love is shelter, I'm going to walk in the rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25671]]></link><description><![CDATA[If love is shelter, I'm going to walk in the rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That ball to the outfield (Russell's triple) was the first real hard hit ball Taylor gave up. He just lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36300]]></link><description><![CDATA[That ball to the outfield (Russell's triple) was the first real hard hit ball Taylor gave up. He just lost it in the sixth and we had to make a change. Matt just wasn't comfortable on the mound, so we went to Bob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We then use the empty containers that we off load and fill them back up with cotton from the United ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37134]]></link><description><![CDATA[We then use the empty containers that we off load and fill them back up with cotton from the United States and send it to China.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For sight is woman-like and shuns the old. (Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,  Who backwards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56253]]></link><description><![CDATA[For sight is woman-like and shuns the old. (Ah! he can see enough, when years are told,  Who backwards looks.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where secrecy reigns, carelessness and ignorance delight to hide while skill loves the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where secrecy reigns, carelessness and ignorance delight to hide while skill loves the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge of a jest when you have done laughing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judge of a jest when you have done laughing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should the brave Spanish soldiers brag? The sunne never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shineth on one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should the brave Spanish soldiers brag? The sunne never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shineth on one part or other we have conquered for our king.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future ain't what it used to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17079]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future ain't what it used to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Simon the cellarer keep a rare store Of Malmsey and Malvoisie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old Simon the cellarer keep a rare store Of Malmsey and Malvoisie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14428]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes! -As You Like It. Act v. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55691]]></link><description><![CDATA[How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes! -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49553]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love!  Hearts that the world in vain had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love!  Hearts that the world in vain had tried,   And sorrow but more closely tied;    That stood the storm when waves were rough,     Yet in a sunny hour fall off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people say that is it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, savage company; but in the church With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, savage company; but in the church With saints, and in the taverns with the gluttons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3502]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago  On a throne of rocks, in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains; They crown'd him long ago  On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds,   With a diadem of snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[March comes in with an adder's head, and goes out with a peacock's tail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26365]]></link><description><![CDATA[March comes in with an adder's head, and goes out with a peacock's tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is a higher faculty than reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is a higher faculty than reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63010]]></link><description><![CDATA[To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the wisest of all counselors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the wisest of all counselors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I talked to [manager Frank Robinson] and the GM [Jim Bowden] and told them I am going to play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41173]]></link><description><![CDATA[I talked to [manager Frank Robinson] and the GM [Jim Bowden] and told them I am going to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor is there any law more just, than that he who has plotted death shall perish by his own plot. [Lat., Neque enim lex est aequior ulla,  Quam necis artifices arte perire sua.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43393</guid></item></channel></rss>