<?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[An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4294]]></link><description><![CDATA[An expert is someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62425]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A master of straw eates a servant of steele. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49061]]></link><description><![CDATA[A master of straw eates a servant of steele.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where intellectuals have played a role in history, it has not been so much by whispering words of advice into the ears of political overlords as by contributing to the vast and powerful currents of conceptions and misconceptions that sweep human action along.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4861]]></link><description><![CDATA[How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is not started today is never finished tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17603]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person who trusts no one can't be trusted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59750]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person who trusts no one can't be trusted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How oft my guardian angel gently cried, "Soul, from thy casement look, and thou shalt see  How he persists ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59440]]></link><description><![CDATA[How oft my guardian angel gently cried, "Soul, from thy casement look, and thou shalt see  How he persists to knock and wait for thee!"   And, O! how often to that voice of sorrow,    "To-morrow we will open," I replied,     And when the morrow came I answered still, "To-morrow."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far clouds of feathery gold, Shaded with deepest purple, gleam  Like islands on a dark blue sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far clouds of feathery gold, Shaded with deepest purple, gleam  Like islands on a dark blue sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation never falls but by suicide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43692]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation never falls but by suicide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2636]]></link><description><![CDATA[One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distance lends enchantment to the view ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Distance lends enchantment to the view]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40910]]></link><description><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the backs of motorists. Now it's more fees on parking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50353]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesting is often only indigence of intellect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesting is often only indigence of intellect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189   Some there are who presume so far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order, 1189   Some there are who presume so far on their wits that they think themselves capable of measuring the whole nature of things by their intellect, in that they esteem all things true which they see, and false which they see not. Accordingly, in order that man's mind might be freed from this presumption, and seek the truth humbly, it was necessary that certain things far surpassing his intellect should be proposed to man by God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our goal is to do a larger volume of sales at a lower price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our goal is to do a larger volume of sales at a lower price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4676]]></link><description><![CDATA[In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17103]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is accordance with our determination to refrain from aggression and build up a sentiment and practice among nations more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65725]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is accordance with our determination to refrain from aggression and build up a sentiment and practice among nations more favorable to peace ... that we have incurred the consent of fourteen important nations to the negotiation of a treaty condemning recourse to war, renouncing it as an instrument of national policy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope to God that the kind of security arrangements we have done today, we will not need to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34853]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope to God that the kind of security arrangements we have done today, we will not need to do in the future,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like one that on a lonesome road  Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like one that on a lonesome road  Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on,  And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend  Doth close behind him tread.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your neighbor is the man who needs you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your neighbor is the man who needs you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28580]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the ostrich when pursued hideth his head, but forgetteth his body; so the fears of a coward expose him to danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19395]]></link><description><![CDATA[History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even from the body's purity, the mind Receives a secret sympathetic aid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even from the body's purity, the mind Receives a secret sympathetic aid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We                    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40691]]></link><description><![CDATA[We                                                             want to give a visual example of the project's intention, inspire other artists to submit proposals and get local merchants to sponsor those artists,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weather impacts business across every segment, and this is the most innovative way to hedge that risk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weather impacts business across every segment, and this is the most innovative way to hedge that risk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an honor for the organization, an honor for me and an honor for my family. It's nice for our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35769]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an honor for the organization, an honor for me and an honor for my family. It's nice for our fans to get to enjoy having an All-Star that's representing their city.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punishment follows close on crime. [Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punishment follows close on crime. [Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts, believe me, captivate both men and Gods, Jupiter himself was won over and appeased by gifts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16468]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61060]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill husbandry lieth In prison for debt:  Good husbandry spieth   Where profit get.   - Thomas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill husbandry lieth In prison for debt:  Good husbandry spieth   Where profit get.   - Thomas Tusser,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will is character in action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will is character in action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66047]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares. I overcame thenightmares because of my dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21681]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had dreams, and I have had nightmares. I overcame thenightmares because of my dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21681</guid></item></channel></rss>