<?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[Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. [Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19117]]></link><description><![CDATA[He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. [Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sensuality often makes love grow too quickly, so that the root remains weak and is easy to pull out]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, every inch a king. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, every inch a king.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the whole world, I will greet him with forgiveness equal to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The only way actors could breathe on the sound stage was through an air regulator.] You couldn't get out, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29601]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The only way actors could breathe on the sound stage was through an air regulator.] You couldn't get out, ... because the camera crew was literally bolted in. You can't get out; you can't go up or down. It really brought home the visceral feeling of what those men were willing to put themselves through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My country is the world, and my religion to do good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45804]]></link><description><![CDATA[My country is the world, and my religion to do good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59153]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But given the initiatives we've committed ourselves to, it's going to be very difficult, even if we get more money ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38475]]></link><description><![CDATA[But given the initiatives we've committed ourselves to, it's going to be very difficult, even if we get more money than the county initially earmarked. The initial signs show we are getting a positive response. We'll see what the upshot is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12545]]></link><description><![CDATA[False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's dress should be like a barbed- wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15353]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's dress should be like a barbed- wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a special show that became a cult classic of sorts, and I made a lot of money for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33739]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a special show that became a cult classic of sorts, and I made a lot of money for it,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are so accustomed to wearing a disguise before others that eventually we are unable to recognize ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12529]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are so accustomed to wearing a disguise before others that eventually we are unable to recognize ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got to bounce back. This game does not end our season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got to bounce back. This game does not end our season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43264]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best of prophets of the future is the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best of prophets of the future is the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to talk to people and hear their concerns, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41616]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to talk to people and hear their concerns,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear;  Who broke no promise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear;  Who broke no promise, served no private end,   Who gained no title, and who lost no friend,    Ennobled by himself, by all approved,     And praised, unenvied, by the Muse he loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competition creates better products, alliances create better companies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competition creates better products, alliances create better companies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In time of war the first casualty is truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27850]]></link><description><![CDATA[In time of war the first casualty is truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That would be an unbelievable, fantastic run for both teams [to win titles], but I think it would be unbelievable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32698]]></link><description><![CDATA[That would be an unbelievable, fantastic run for both teams [to win titles], but I think it would be unbelievable for the fans. They'd go from basketball to hockey, basketball to hockey. They're going to be pretty busy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taste is the enemy of creativeness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taste is the enemy of creativeness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50153]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not reckoned a religious bird   Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can call nothing by name if that is not his name. I call a cat a cat, and Rollet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43634]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can call nothing by name if that is not his name. I call a cat a cat, and Rollet a rogue. [Fr., Je ne puis rien nommer si ce n'est par son nom;  J'appelle un chat un chat, et Rollet un fripon.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54255]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think that this new document is balanced in character, and it includes North Korea's right to peaceful atomic energy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28846]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think that this new document is balanced in character, and it includes North Korea's right to peaceful atomic energy and the possibility in the long term of building a light-water nuclear reactor,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can give law to lovers? Love is a greater law to itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can give law to lovers? Love is a greater law to itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what will not ambition and revenge Descend to? who aspires must down as low  As high he soar'd, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2335]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what will not ambition and revenge Descend to? who aspires must down as low  As high he soar'd, obnoxious first and last   To basest things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Cicero, I have seen tempests when the scolding winds  Have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57905]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Cicero, I have seen tempests when the scolding winds  Have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen   Th' ambitious ocean swell and rage and foam    To be exalted with the threat'ning clouds;     But never till to-night, never till now,      Did I go through a tempest dropping fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing good, Disinterested good, is not our trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing good, Disinterested good, is not our trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught:  Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught:  Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258  Unless we look upon ourselves as called to unity, we shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258  Unless we look upon ourselves as called to unity, we shall never be united. If God does not will that we should be united, what can our devices for producing it avail? Whereas, if we believe that it is His will, and that we are fighting against His will by our divisions, we have a right confidently to hope that He will at last bring us to repentance, or, if we do not repent, will accomplish His purposes in spite of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We estimate the first phase will take 18 to 24 months to complete. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30955]]></link><description><![CDATA[We estimate the first phase will take 18 to 24 months to complete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monica: I got a leg, three breasts, and a wing. Chandler: how do you find clothes that fit? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Monica: I got a leg, three breasts, and a wing. Chandler: how do you find clothes that fit?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May the hinges of friendship never rust, or the wings of luve lose a feather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59411]]></link><description><![CDATA[May the hinges of friendship never rust, or the wings of luve lose a feather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54223]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes silence is not golden--just yellow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liberal is a man who is right most of the time, but he's right too soon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24650]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liberal is a man who is right most of the time, but he's right too soon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from thevalley. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from thevalley.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft as some song divine, thy story flows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will please though ten times repeated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50287]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will please though ten times repeated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11855]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. But life looks different through everyone's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. But life looks different through everyone's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43887</guid></item></channel></rss>