<?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[There was a time early on in the days of Danni's Hard Drive that we were within the top 10 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32617]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a time early on in the days of Danni's Hard Drive that we were within the top 10 Web sites in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66898]]></link><description><![CDATA[To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28168]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46094]]></link><description><![CDATA[All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66606]]></link><description><![CDATA[God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some mature birds that have short beards from a lack of melanin that makes the beard weak and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37110]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some mature birds that have short beards from a lack of melanin that makes the beard weak and it will break. The best method is to wait and see the bird in full strut. If his fan (tail feathers) form an even-edged circle, then he's mature. If there are shorter feathers on the edges of the fan with taller feathers in the middle, then it's a jake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9145]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66084]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curfew must not ring to-night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curfew must not ring to-night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41608]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me-I don't now sit at home doing a cake for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me-I don't now sit at home doing a cake for the fun of it anymore. But it's an extremely happy and pleasureable business to run because people are generally buying cakes for celebrations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43869]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art my slats! I can paint with a shoestring dipped in lard!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52393]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where things have not changed at all, there is the least likelihood of revolution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where things have not changed at all, there is the least likelihood of revolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66543]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does the dead ball moon shining withstolen light have more power onearth than the vastly larger self luminescent stars?ProximitySai ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why does the dead ball moon shining withstolen light have more power onearth than the vastly larger self luminescent stars?ProximitySai Babahttp://www.vahini.org/downloads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12077]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm more interested in whether the losses we'll see on Friday are a permanent feature on the landscape or just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40737]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm more interested in whether the losses we'll see on Friday are a permanent feature on the landscape or just the result of people pushed out of work due to Katrina and Rita. I think the market will look at it and shrug it off and look at what's going to happen in October.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lyric sound of laughter Fills all the April hills  The joy-song of the crocus,   The mirth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2990]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lyric sound of laughter Fills all the April hills  The joy-song of the crocus,   The mirth of daffodils.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64957]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do desire we may be better strangers. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55668]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do desire we may be better strangers. -As You Like It. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58730]]></link><description><![CDATA[But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus' Fig Tree He did belittle you.. but soon he'll bebig you.. and in the springwith blooms he will wig ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus' Fig Tree He did belittle you.. but soon he'll bebig you.. and in the springwith blooms he will wig you.. in summer he'll summon a jade garbto resprig you.. and in the fallon patient twigswith fresh fruit he'll refig you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61051]]></link><description><![CDATA[To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15614]]></link><description><![CDATA[They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genuine Work alone, what thou workest faithfully, that is eternal, as the Almighty Founder and World-Builder himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genuine Work alone, what thou workest faithfully, that is eternal, as the Almighty Founder and World-Builder himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is known by the silence he keeps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66866]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is known by the silence he keeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Place your attention 6 inches above your crown.God is breathing in and out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Place your attention 6 inches above your crown.God is breathing in and out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That old saying, how you always hurt the one you love, well, it works both ways ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43324]]></link><description><![CDATA[That old saying, how you always hurt the one you love, well, it works both ways]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22273]]></link><description><![CDATA[A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63785]]></link><description><![CDATA[A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here's to the widow of fifty;  Here's to the flaunting, extravagant quean; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen; Here's to the widow of fifty;  Here's to the flaunting, extravagant quean;   And here's to the housewife that's thrifty.    (Chorus:) Let the toast pass,--     Drink to the lass,      I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An executive is someone who makes a decision quickly and gets somebody else to do the work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52794]]></link><description><![CDATA[An executive is someone who makes a decision quickly and gets somebody else to do the work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No fool can be silent at a feast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25541]]></link><description><![CDATA[No fool can be silent at a feast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48879]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You want fame? ... Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. With sweat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33324]]></link><description><![CDATA[You want fame? ... Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. With sweat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You own a dog; you feed a cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12699]]></link><description><![CDATA[You own a dog; you feed a cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28490</guid></item></channel></rss>