<?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[To get the top-end price for the coal (output), we're going to have to add additional equipment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33252]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get the top-end price for the coal (output), we're going to have to add additional equipment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou  Beside me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45467]]></link><description><![CDATA[A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou  Beside me singing in the Wilderness--   On, Wilderness were Paradise enow!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17396]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19548]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘the doer’ is merely a fiction added to the deed – the deed is everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11658]]></link><description><![CDATA[‘the doer’ is merely a fiction added to the deed – the deed is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12926]]></link><description><![CDATA[One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare is the union of beauty and modesty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain of youth, and at all times owners of all they wish to enjoy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, call back yesterday, bid time return! -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55821]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, call back yesterday, bid time return! -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54032]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17335]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43484]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best, most beautiful, and most perfect way that we have of expressing a sweet concord of mind to each other is by music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many great actions are committed in small struggles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many great actions are committed in small struggles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heating oil customers have the worst of the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heating oil customers have the worst of the situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea that the police cannot ask questions of the person that knows most about the crime is an infamous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea that the police cannot ask questions of the person that knows most about the crime is an infamous decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It does not help us move forward. We were trying not to use the celebrations as a kind of challenge. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29039]]></link><description><![CDATA[It does not help us move forward. We were trying not to use the celebrations as a kind of challenge. Political dialogue has to be the main tool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds contempt; and children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds contempt; and children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52704]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10214]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separatedfrom right living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21968]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separatedfrom right living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9546]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59054]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it's 40 below and people want to stay home, pool players have to come out and play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38528]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it's 40 below and people want to stay home, pool players have to come out and play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Ben Adams, founder and director of the program, was pleased with the turnout.] We estimated 1,000 people but we had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29965]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Ben Adams, founder and director of the program, was pleased with the turnout.] We estimated 1,000 people but we had about 2 or 3 thousand come today, ... Everybody can come out, have a good time and listen to music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, we're telling people to expect at least a half-hour delay if you're going to try to use the Homestead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, we're telling people to expect at least a half-hour delay if you're going to try to use the Homestead Grays bridge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gods alone know, what kind of wife a man will have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I never have seen, and never shall see, that the cessation of the evidence of existence is necessarily evidence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20607]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I never have seen, and never shall see, that the cessation of the evidence of existence is necessarily evidence of the cessation of existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing burneth in hell but self-will. Therefore it hath been said, Put off thine own will, and there will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing burneth in hell but self-will. Therefore it hath been said, Put off thine own will, and there will be no more hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which is the way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35536]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which is the way we usually win games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37790]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got the script to this movie, The Good Girl, I read it in an hour. The writer, Mike White, has an ability to create characters that are so creepy and dysfunctional and human, with this duality that makes people feel empathy for them at the same time. My first thought was 'Was this sent to the right person?' I called my agent. 'Are they sure? Let's say yes before they realize they've sent it to the wrong person!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16166]]></link><description><![CDATA[By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and music are but the blazon of its windows, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3185]]></link><description><![CDATA[The temple of art is built of words. Painting and sculpture and music are but the blazon of its windows, borrowing all their significance from the light, and suggestive only of the temple's uses.   - Josiah Gilbert Holland (used pseudonym Timothy Titcomb),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58729]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for a madman is not cured by another running mad also.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses muchmore;he who loses faith loses all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53587]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses muchmore;he who loses faith loses all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have only, when before you glass, to keep pronouncing to yourself nimini-pimini; the lips cannot keep taking their plie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62044]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have only, when before you glass, to keep pronouncing to yourself nimini-pimini; the lips cannot keep taking their plie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32001]]></link><description><![CDATA[One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a large slice, of course, of the 20th century; and another, curious layer which may possibly have been the 21st.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32001</guid></item></channel></rss>