<?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[I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. -King Henry IV. Part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55876]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/588]]></link><description><![CDATA[A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. Money is not required to buy one necessary of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep a good table and attend to the ladies. [Fr., Tenez bonne table et soignez les femmes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep a good table and attend to the ladies. [Fr., Tenez bonne table et soignez les femmes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms, Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60591]]></link><description><![CDATA[We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms, Her arts victorious triumph'd o'er our arms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny bill,  The throstle with his note so true,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4248]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny bill,  The throstle with his note so true,   The wren with little quill--    . . . .     The finch, the sparrow, and the lark,      The plain-song cuckoo grey,       Whose note full many a man doth mark,        And dares not answer nay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not out of the realm of possibility that the second-quarter numbers could be strong enough to support the stock ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32041]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not out of the realm of possibility that the second-quarter numbers could be strong enough to support the stock at a higher valuation, ... If you keep raising estimates, you probably could keep expanding the multiple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51975]]></link><description><![CDATA[So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for future possibility or chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience and fortitude conquer all things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience and fortitude conquer all things]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50063]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures earlyin life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22694]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures earlyin life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two thousand sesterces. How is it that you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23509]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two thousand sesterces. How is it that you have sent me only a thousand? "You said nothing," you tell me; "and this cause was lost through you." You ought to give me so much the more, Sextus, as I had to blush for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37054]]></link><description><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it is currently doing. NATO is continuing to do what it has been doing for many months, and that is airlifting in and out African Union battalions ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ as well as providing training.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up, does rejoice. I guess I just miss my friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43779]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977   Where would you be if God took away all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977   Where would you be if God took away all your Christian work? Too often it is our Christian work that is worshiped and not God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17549]]></link><description><![CDATA[No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And whiter grows the foam, The small moon lightens more;  And as I turn me home,   My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14247]]></link><description><![CDATA[And whiter grows the foam, The small moon lightens more;  And as I turn me home,   My shadow walks before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are absolutely delighted with the settlement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42407]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are absolutely delighted with the settlement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.   The best leaders of all, the people know not they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.   The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say We did it ourselves.   The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other. •Ma-Tsu   You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face; it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed. •Mumon  Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung. •Zen Saying  No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself. •Tilopa   When you pass through, no one can pin you down, no one can call you back. •Ying-An   There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things. •Yuan-Wu  The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. •Robert M. Pirsig  Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. •Zen Proverb  Sit quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64520]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wouldn't be New Year's if I didn't have regrets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12107]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so we stand here motionless, waiting for the bitter end of all that is beautiful in this world; hoping only that the futures power will shed light on a new and wonderful destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60029]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as a result of ancient prohibitions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd like everybody to come to celebrate her life. Some of her friends are going to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42669]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd like everybody to come to celebrate her life. Some of her friends are going to speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after one failure, they'll stop trying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just about anyone can put a solid color tie with a patterned shirt, or vice-versa, but the ability to put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just about anyone can put a solid color tie with a patterned shirt, or vice-versa, but the ability to put patterns together in a harmonized way results in a much more sophisticated and contemporary look.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ladies at the food stamp office started calling around. And by the time we left the office, we had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32075]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ladies at the food stamp office started calling around. And by the time we left the office, we had food and clothes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35319]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51416]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them. [It., Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them. [It., Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm actually a perpetual 13-year-old. I've never advanced beyond 13. Every day, tomorrow is my 14th birthday. That's my kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66516]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm actually a perpetual 13-year-old. I've never advanced beyond 13. Every day, tomorrow is my 14th birthday. That's my kind of humor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lilly's current valuation still provides an attractive entry point. The stock trades at a modest 8% to 10% premium to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lilly's current valuation still provides an attractive entry point. The stock trades at a modest 8% to 10% premium to its peers against 2006 and 2007 earnings and at a discount against our 2008 to 2010 forecast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54630]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. -John Plomp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45510]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. -John Plomp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death will be a great relief. No more interviews. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63605]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27595]]></link><description><![CDATA[To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel the urgency of such a situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer you stay in one place, the greater your chances of disillusionment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12551]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer you stay in one place, the greater your chances of disillusionment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18448]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simply the thing I am shall make me live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simply the thing I am shall make me live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popularity is glory's small change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popularity is glory's small change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9044]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you listen to the politicians, you might think we are all terrorists ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58966]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you listen to the politicians, you might think we are all terrorists]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a great quarterback. He's learning the system. As soon as everything starts clicking for him, he's going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37435]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a great quarterback. He's learning the system. As soon as everything starts clicking for him, he's going to be unbelievable. Unbelievable. I just can't wait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37435</guid></item></channel></rss>