<?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[Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21207]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He just shook his head, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29117]]></link><description><![CDATA[He just shook his head,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are searching for the Holocaust, you will find the real Holocaust in Palestine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41299]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are searching for the Holocaust, you will find the real Holocaust in Palestine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26734]]></link><description><![CDATA[A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your speech, Bush, is full of lies and full of unreasonable argument, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your speech, Bush, is full of lies and full of unreasonable argument,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51631]]></link><description><![CDATA[That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who gets divorced is not forever going to be talked about for it. There are very different standards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63830]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who gets divorced is not forever going to be talked about for it. There are very different standards that we have for women than we have for men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is.Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is.Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion has a planet that couldsupport life. If that were the case, then there would be at least 100million planets that harbored life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11021]]></link><description><![CDATA[O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago;  The schoolmaster over the land is advancing,   Then why is the master of dancing so slow?    It is such a bore to be always caught tripping     In dull uniformity year after year;      Invent something new, and you'll set me a skipping:       I want a new figure to dance with my Dear!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2270]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou canst walk on water, thou art no better than a straw. If thou canst fly in the air, thou art no better than a fly. Conquer thy heart that thou mayest become somebody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For some extraordinary reason, the Church moves in an atmosphere of antiquity. I have no doubt that it makes for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7901]]></link><description><![CDATA[For some extraordinary reason, the Church moves in an atmosphere of antiquity. I have no doubt that it makes for dignity; I have also no coubt that there are times when it makes for complete irrelevance; for, if there is one thing that is true of religion it is that it must always be expressible in contemporary terms. Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighters with 13 fights are winning world titles, and of course they don't know how to behave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fighters with 13 fights are winning world titles, and of course they don't know how to behave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When this project moves forward to a real hearing, there's going to be a significant outcry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31147]]></link><description><![CDATA[When this project moves forward to a real hearing, there's going to be a significant outcry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48465]]></link><description><![CDATA[You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23910]]></link><description><![CDATA[All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27326]]></link><description><![CDATA[We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63009]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A careless shoe string, in whose tie I see a wilde civility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56213]]></link><description><![CDATA[A careless shoe string, in whose tie I see a wilde civility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Asia, for a long time we have been in denial about the sustainability of high oil prices. There is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36689]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Asia, for a long time we have been in denial about the sustainability of high oil prices. There is tremendous potential for Asia to improve efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They [tax protestors] can pack whatever chambers they want, and they can scream and rant all they want. This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30904]]></link><description><![CDATA[They [tax protestors] can pack whatever chambers they want, and they can scream and rant all they want. This is one vote they're never going to get on their side.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's about consciously creating the second half of our lives, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40829]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's about consciously creating the second half of our lives,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63836]]></link><description><![CDATA[People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am delighted the president has signed this bill, ... Hawaii can now begin to develop alternative sources of water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am delighted the president has signed this bill, ... Hawaii can now begin to develop alternative sources of water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cultural shift that it is acceptable to tell people not to come to court to testify imperils the criminal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cultural shift that it is acceptable to tell people not to come to court to testify imperils the criminal justice system,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you know, God is usually on the side of the big squadrons against the small.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64345]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you know, God is usually on the side of the big squadrons against the small.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9594]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole team looks good and we didn't give them any chances, O'Connor and Murray were our best players. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole team looks good and we didn't give them any chances, O'Connor and Murray were our best players.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine's not an idle cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mine's not an idle cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24182]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32311]]></link><description><![CDATA[My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42386]]></link><description><![CDATA[The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is retail selling, and nobody is buying. Funds and major private portfolios are sitting and watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28238]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is retail selling, and nobody is buying. Funds and major private portfolios are sitting and watching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to use your agility and try to make him miss, rather than trying to run around him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36935]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to use your agility and try to make him miss, rather than trying to run around him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845   Life provides all kinds of astonishingly effective anodynes and narcotics, all of which are nothing but misused gifts of God. But there in hell--that is, beyond a fixed boundary set by God--all the securities and safeguards disappear into thin air. What here is only a tiny flame of secret self-reproach that flickers up occasionally and is quickly smothered, there becomes a scorching fire. What here is no more than a slight ticking sound in our conscience suddenly becomes the trumpet tone of judgment which can no longer be ignored. Lazarus is permitted to see what he believed, but the rich man is compelled to see what he did not believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was gratuitously insulting 50 million Americans who call themselves Republicans, some of whom we hope will vote Democrat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33258]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was gratuitously insulting 50 million Americans who call themselves Republicans, some of whom we hope will vote Democrat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sceptre and crown must tumble down And in the dust be equal made  With the poor crooked scythe and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sceptre and crown must tumble down And in the dust be equal made  With the poor crooked scythe and spade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51548</guid></item></channel></rss>