<?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[Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15640]]></link><description><![CDATA[FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we have not yet launched a probe into the report. We are still focusing on the investigation into the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29534]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we have not yet launched a probe into the report. We are still focusing on the investigation into the current graft case.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just remember, the same as a spectacular Vogue magazine, remember that no matter how close you follow the jumps: Continued ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just remember, the same as a spectacular Vogue magazine, remember that no matter how close you follow the jumps: Continued on page whatever. No matter how careful you are, there's going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed feeling under your skin that you didn't experience it all. There's that fallen heart feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should've been paying attention. Well, get used to that feeling. That's how your whole life will feel some day. This is all practice. None of this matters. We're just warming up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24807</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/57598]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[They say] "We do not know how this is, but we know that God can do it." You poor fools! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56805]]></link><description><![CDATA[[They say] "We do not know how this is, but we know that God can do it." You poor fools! God can make a cow out of a tree, but has He ever done so? Therefore show some reason why a thing is so, or cease to hold that it is so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him, again and again, and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, "If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult / Of our life's wild, restless sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult / Of our life's wild, restless sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is nothing but a collective hunch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion design isn't just art for art's sake. You must be able to take it to the consumer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion design isn't just art for art's sake. You must be able to take it to the consumer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation   God is always present, always available. At whatever moment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation   God is always present, always available. At whatever moment in which one turns to him the prayer is received, is heard, is authenticated, for it is God who gives our prayer its value and its character, not our interior dispositions, not our fervor, not our lucidity. The prayer which is pronounced for God and accepted by him becomes, by that very fact, a true prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For while the treason I detest, The traitor still I love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59647]]></link><description><![CDATA[For while the treason I detest, The traitor still I love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has been a special group of seniors that has accomplished a lot. One of the things missing from their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38082]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has been a special group of seniors that has accomplished a lot. One of the things missing from their resume is a win over Navy. That's a huge void they would like to fill in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's interesting because it's unusual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35919]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's interesting because it's unusual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16347]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been working hard over the winter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28195]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been working hard over the winter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the last ten years we have come to realize humans are more like worms than we ever imagined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30741]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the last ten years we have come to realize humans are more like worms than we ever imagined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life's a flying shadow, God the pole, The needle pointing to Him is our soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life's a flying shadow, God the pole, The needle pointing to Him is our soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing isunchangeable or certain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21144]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing isunchangeable or certain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room and be together and just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other-they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr! -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's wait and see how the two companies mesh. They can learn from each other, if they're smart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's wait and see how the two companies mesh. They can learn from each other, if they're smart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't worry if it's cold; you can't worry if it's hot; you only worry if you get sick. Because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38011]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't worry if it's cold; you can't worry if it's hot; you only worry if you get sick. Because then if you don't get well, you die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13799]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11552]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, who art as black as hell, as dark as night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always too early to quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13643]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always too early to quit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was going to call in sick today but he wanted to make more money for the holidays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40942]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was going to call in sick today but he wanted to make more money for the holidays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little-known fact: When the stock exchange closes, the guy who comes out on the balcony with that big hammer slams ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little-known fact: When the stock exchange closes, the guy who comes out on the balcony with that big hammer slams it on the head of the person who lost the most money that day]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bell, thou soundest merrily, When the bridal party  To the church doth hie!   Bell, thou soundest solemnly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bell, thou soundest merrily, When the bridal party  To the church doth hie!   Bell, thou soundest solemnly,    When, on Sabbath morning,     Fields deserted lie!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, motionless and dark, eluded search Self-shrouded: and anon, starring the sky,  Rose like a shower of fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, motionless and dark, eluded search Self-shrouded: and anon, starring the sky,  Rose like a shower of fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man can lose what he never had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25588]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man can lose what he never had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not enough that I should succeed -- others should fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22244]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not enough that I should succeed -- others should fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A book is the only immortality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4518]]></link><description><![CDATA[A book is the only immortality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18616]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was only a sunny smile and little it cost in the giving but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23653]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He follows his father, but with shorter strides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51800]]></link><description><![CDATA[He follows his father, but with shorter strides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can afford to live anywhere else and I choose to stay here, and I am now raising my newborn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35030]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can afford to live anywhere else and I choose to stay here, and I am now raising my newborn child here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9739]]></link><description><![CDATA[It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with, "Who could have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19920]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with, "Who could have done this? we have no enemies.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can confirm our objective is for very significant growth this year. This is the first time that we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30098]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can confirm our objective is for very significant growth this year. This is the first time that we have done this at this point in the year, which demonstrates our confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30098</guid></item></channel></rss>