<?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[When individuals approach one another with deep purposes on both sides they seldom come at once to the matter which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9964]]></link><description><![CDATA[When individuals approach one another with deep purposes on both sides they seldom come at once to the matter which they have most at heart. They dread the electric shock of a too sudden contact with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, He would not in mine age ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19488]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been said that although God cannot alter the past, historians can --it is perhaps because they can be useful to Him in this respect that He tolerates their existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36509]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a continent but recently settled, many parts of which have as yet little historical or cultural background, the material for this volume has been gathered from a section that was one of the first to be colonized.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in the Western world was like footbinding in China.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He ploughs in sand, and sows against the wind, That hopes for constant love of woman kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14920]]></link><description><![CDATA[He ploughs in sand, and sows against the wind, That hopes for constant love of woman kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The looming threat of a global influenza pandemic demands global, regional and national attention, and preparation and response to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The looming threat of a global influenza pandemic demands global, regional and national attention, and preparation and response to a pandemic is a shared responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18036]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Press bravely onward!--not in vain Your generous trust in human kind;  The good which bloodshed could not gain  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Press bravely onward!--not in vain Your generous trust in human kind;  The good which bloodshed could not gain   Your peaceful zeal shall find.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21626]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much more fun than making others feel worse. Making others feel better generally makes us feel better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks. [Lat., Intererit multum Davusne loquatur an heros.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45237]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks. [Lat., Intererit multum Davusne loquatur an heros.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45237</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[Life is like wind. When it blows, it washes everything away, so clutch onto what you are holding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like wind. When it blows, it washes everything away, so clutch onto what you are holding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious. [Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57341]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious. [Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et rebutant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure of life is love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63304]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure of life is love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well 'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19085]]></link><description><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well 'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54757]]></link><description><![CDATA[The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't see this development as a government crisis. We will continue the negotiations ... this development will not influence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see this development as a government crisis. We will continue the negotiations ... this development will not influence the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1976]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very delicate situation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35817]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very delicate situation,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55591]]></link><description><![CDATA[In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look back, and smile on perils past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look back, and smile on perils past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13837]]></link><description><![CDATA[His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravery is believing in yourself, and that thing nobody can teach you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Cadmean victory. (The conquerors suffer as much as the conquered.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60579]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Cadmean victory. (The conquerors suffer as much as the conquered.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine;  Or leave a kiss but in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine;  Or leave a kiss but in the cup,   And I'll not look for wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are very pleased to reach a favorable settlement with Digital Persona regarding our patent rights. This settlement demonstrates the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35842]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to reach a favorable settlement with Digital Persona regarding our patent rights. This settlement demonstrates the relevance of our intellectual property portfolio to the challenges faced everywhere today to secure computer networks against intrusion and loss. We believe that our patents and intellectual property are valuable assets, and we will continue to vigorously protect our rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances and the public show. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42765]]></link><description><![CDATA[And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances and the public show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66432]]></link><description><![CDATA[After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53357]]></link><description><![CDATA[An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64483]]></link><description><![CDATA[People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Positive anything is better than negative nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Positive anything is better than negative nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3234]]></link><description><![CDATA[What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8617]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because a dress is red satin doesn't mean it will come off easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because a dress is red satin doesn't mean it will come off easily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8859]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is forgiven is usually well remembered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53272]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is forgiven is usually well remembered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. - On Doing What One Likes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The boy hath sold him a bargain,—a goose. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55484]]></link><description><![CDATA[The boy hath sold him a bargain,—a goose. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65009]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot step into the same river twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64893]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot step into the same river twice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64893</guid></item></channel></rss>