<?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[I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28372]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't lose my virginity until I was 18 The first time was a nightmare. Who shows you how to use a condom?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true wit or good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true wit or good sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schering-Plough shares are most likely to be impacted by first quarter 2006 results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Schering-Plough shares are most likely to be impacted by first quarter 2006 results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prior years, saddled with heavy incentives and a sagging economy, industry executives pushed profitability out as far as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30625]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prior years, saddled with heavy incentives and a sagging economy, industry executives pushed profitability out as far as they could. Our survey this year has definitely found improved profit levels emerging sooner rather than later, and this is very encouraging.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are going to continue to drink. They're going to continue to smoke. They're going to continue to gamble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32409]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are going to continue to drink. They're going to continue to smoke. They're going to continue to gamble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they avoid an area because of development, it's not usually a matter of them being able to go somewhere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30977]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they avoid an area because of development, it's not usually a matter of them being able to go somewhere else, ... Eventually, we are going to lose that population.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24532]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time it seemed like we were coming back or could come back, they got a blocked shot or we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time it seemed like we were coming back or could come back, they got a blocked shot or we took a bad shot or turned the ball over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And have you been to Borderland? Its country lies on either hand  Beyond the river I-forget.   One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16487]]></link><description><![CDATA[And have you been to Borderland? Its country lies on either hand  Beyond the river I-forget.   One crosses by a single stone    So narrow one must pass alone,     And all about its waters fret--      The laughing river I-forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I build confidence when I practice a variety of shots - hitting it high or low, working the ball. A lot of golfers go to the range and just hit full shots. That doesn't build on-course confidence, because you won't always hit full shots out there. My confidence is built on knowing I can effectively work the ball in any circumstance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blaming speculators as a response to financial crisis goes back at least to the Greeks. It's almost always the wrong response.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They met on the streets of Seattle. The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29389]]></link><description><![CDATA[They met on the streets of Seattle. The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot of rainy nights on the streets, so they got overcoats and wore them. They are young. Very refreshing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've dropped four and it's going to be hard to keep our heads up and think that we can win ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41225]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've dropped four and it's going to be hard to keep our heads up and think that we can win another one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48483]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere fugiamus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56645]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know that anyone is going to be bringing Bush into the state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31218]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know that anyone is going to be bringing Bush into the state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster, or some sudden disease, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/585]]></link><description><![CDATA[I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some bline, random disaster, or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He's taken some control over his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of death from being a total surprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17243]]></link><description><![CDATA["The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those that God loves, do not live long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those that God loves, do not live long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're still obviously closely monitoring this. At this point, we still don't know exactly what's going on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42352]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're still obviously closely monitoring this. At this point, we still don't know exactly what's going on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35109]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I started to play trumpet I was fortunate to learn very quickly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24731]]></link><description><![CDATA[A free man is as jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wasn't a very detailed meeting, but he definitely established a feeling right off the bat. He thinks integrity's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30483]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wasn't a very detailed meeting, but he definitely established a feeling right off the bat. He thinks integrity's a real big thing. He praised the people that are positive about the program, and who want to uphold its achievements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66735]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither irony nor sarcasm is argument.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have caught more ills from people sneezing over me and giving me virus infections than from kissing dogs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed. [Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;  Nox nulla secuta ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed. [Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;  Nox nulla secuta est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O how grandly cometh Even, Sitting on the mountain summit,  Purple-vestured, grave, and silent,   Watching o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14260]]></link><description><![CDATA[O how grandly cometh Even, Sitting on the mountain summit,  Purple-vestured, grave, and silent,   Watching o'er the dewy valleys,    Like a good king near his end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While many a glowworm in the shade Lights up her love torch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17576]]></link><description><![CDATA[While many a glowworm in the shade Lights up her love torch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So here hath been dawning Another blue day;  Think, wilt thou let it   Slip useless away?  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11132]]></link><description><![CDATA[So here hath been dawning Another blue day;  Think, wilt thou let it   Slip useless away?    Out of eternity     This new day is born,      Into eternity       At night will return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11219]]></link><description><![CDATA[A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44994]]></link><description><![CDATA[One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are only as wise as others perceive you to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46095]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are only as wise as others perceive you to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A justice with grave justices shall sit; He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A justice with grave justices shall sit; He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28128]]></link><description><![CDATA[What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust over like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it sags like a heavy load. Or does it just explode?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never intended to do anything with dogs or anything except donkeys, but there was such a big need with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31046]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never intended to do anything with dogs or anything except donkeys, but there was such a big need with the humane society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always reinventing music. We were an oddity when we formed, just a singer and a keyboard player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41405]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always reinventing music. We were an oddity when we formed, just a singer and a keyboard player.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I xeroxed my watch. Now I can give away free watches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62467]]></link><description><![CDATA[I xeroxed my watch. Now I can give away free watches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven  Upon the place beneath. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven  Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;   It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.    'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes     The throned monarch better than his crown.      His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,       The attribute to awe and majesty,        Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;         But mercy is above this scept'red sway;          It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;           It is an attribute to God himself,            And earthly power doth then show likest God's             When mercy seasons justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. -Wilson Mizner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25194]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. -Wilson Mizner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My heart I fain would ask thee What then is Love? say on.  "Two souls and one thought only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25624]]></link><description><![CDATA[My heart I fain would ask thee What then is Love? say on.  "Two souls and one thought only   Two hearts that throb as one."    [Ger., Mein Herz ich will dich fragen,     Was ist denn Liebe, sag?      "Zwei Seelen und ein Gedanke,       Zwei Herzen und ein Schlag."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25624</guid></item></channel></rss>