<?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['T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56035]]></link><description><![CDATA['T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. -King Henry VIII. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13162]]></link><description><![CDATA[And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible / it cannot be seen or measured, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible / it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need a plumber to install showers; we want to expand the playground for the children; we also want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41498]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need a plumber to install showers; we want to expand the playground for the children; we also want to incorporate classes that will benefit the mothers into our schedule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61813]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just tried to talk to her and get her to settle down after that first big jump, because she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just tried to talk to her and get her to settle down after that first big jump, because she was jumping all over the place in celebration afterwards. It's like hitting a home run in baseball. The next time at bat, you swing so hard you can't even see the ball. I wanted her to stay focused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad tales to tell everyday, some are like that one station with the foreign language; you don't understand a word of it but you listen and watch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[" Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14654]]></link><description><![CDATA[" Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can and take the winding paths. Experience the exhilaration of the view from the edge. Because the moments spent there, that take your breath away, are what make you feel truly alive."--- Copyright © 2000 Stacey Charter]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illusion is the first of the pleasures ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illusion is the first of the pleasures]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21897]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call on him to represent and respect his constituents, not further his own ego, as he is by remaining ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36538]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call on him to represent and respect his constituents, not further his own ego, as he is by remaining totally out of touch in the Big Brother house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433  The blessed and inviting truth is that God is the most winsome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433  The blessed and inviting truth is that God is the most winsome of all beings and in our worship of Him we should find unspeakable pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology changes and convergence are shaping a new competitive dynamic and creating tremendous opportunity. We're creating a company with much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology changes and convergence are shaping a new competitive dynamic and creating tremendous opportunity. We're creating a company with much better capabilities to seize these opportunities while maintaining its strong focus on customer service and community involvement. This was the right time for this merger. This combination is good for our employees, our customers and our stockholders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sea complains upon a thousand shores. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea complains upon a thousand shores.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50270]]></link><description><![CDATA[In avoiding one evil we fall into another, if we use not discretion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is laughing behind your back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is laughing behind your back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The concept behind the bill is something that everyone agrees on . I think we just disagree on how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29055]]></link><description><![CDATA[The concept behind the bill is something that everyone agrees on . I think we just disagree on how to get there. It's going to take a lot of discussion and education on both sides to get this done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1674]]></link><description><![CDATA[When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61162]]></link><description><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it. •Benito Mussolini   In time of war the first casualty is truth. •Boake Carter  Only the defeated and deserters go to war. •Henry David Thoreau   All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hats off to them, they've been a blessing for our team and our offense. I think they're playing beyond their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hats off to them, they've been a blessing for our team and our offense. I think they're playing beyond their years, and if they keep on going in that direction, they'll be fine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43802]]></link><description><![CDATA[How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is possibly one of the largest thefts in history, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28940]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is possibly one of the largest thefts in history,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely as cometh the Winter, I know There are Spring violets under the snow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely as cometh the Winter, I know There are Spring violets under the snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can fool too many of the people too much of the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59179]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel has opened the gates to hell by assassinating one of our leaders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Israel has opened the gates to hell by assassinating one of our leaders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43412]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5460]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59187]]></link><description><![CDATA[When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traditionally, women have done cosmetic surgery to be competitive along beauty standards. Now men are doing that but for competition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traditionally, women have done cosmetic surgery to be competitive along beauty standards. Now men are doing that but for competition in the workplace. These guys are competing along lines of status and power in a market economy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to take us three or four weeks to learn how to play under pressure. Even if you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39945]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to take us three or four weeks to learn how to play under pressure. Even if you have to wait till the last few minutes if you keep passing it around and don't give it away to easily then things will finally open up. When you start to relax and keep possession and wait for your opportunities goals will come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All cruelty springs from weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52112]]></link><description><![CDATA[All cruelty springs from weakness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64440]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoyme. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21210]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoyme.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy. [Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy. [Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]   - credited to Sophie Arnould,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, "Am I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, "Am I your debtor?"  And the Lord--"Not yet: but make it as clean as you can,   And then I will let you a better."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36602]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those holies of themselves a shape As of an arbor took. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those holies of themselves a shape As of an arbor took.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19582</guid></item></channel></rss>