<?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[Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27220]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50799]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en. In brief, sir, study what you most effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17142]]></link><description><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en. In brief, sir, study what you most effect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. -Leo Tolstoy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the sword; the one uses it as a means of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means of defence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the Democrats have done a better job on voter registration efforts. Whether you can get those voters out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36493]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the Democrats have done a better job on voter registration efforts. Whether you can get those voters out on Election Day remains to be seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a tree dies, plant another in its place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66350]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a tree dies, plant another in its place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have formed a legal defense team that includes prominent American, European, Asian and Arab lawyers who were chosen on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28222]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have formed a legal defense team that includes prominent American, European, Asian and Arab lawyers who were chosen on the basis of competence and merit to put up a strong defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many of our DREAMS at first seem Impossible, then they seem Improbable, and then when we Summon the Will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61582]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many of our DREAMS at first seem Impossible, then they seem Improbable, and then when we Summon the Will, they soon become Inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now I hear its voice again, And still its message is of peace,  It sings of love that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10809]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now I hear its voice again, And still its message is of peace,  It sings of love that will not cease,   For me it never sings in vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my finest moment, when all of my fantastic dreams have come true...I will be utterly and completely alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59064]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my finest moment, when all of my fantastic dreams have come true...I will be utterly and completely alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the intellect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the intellect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35941]]></link><description><![CDATA[This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it's kind of hard to prioritize things when you're not sure you've got enough money to run your everyday ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39281]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it's kind of hard to prioritize things when you're not sure you've got enough money to run your everyday things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By finishing out strong, we know that we have a good chance next season. We had to try to prove ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35267]]></link><description><![CDATA[By finishing out strong, we know that we have a good chance next season. We had to try to prove it the last month. If we get one or two guys, we're not looking that far ahead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57829]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one sees what is before his feet: we all gaze at the stars. [Lat., Quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: coeli scrutantur plagas.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real beggar is indeed the true and only king. [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist  Doch einzig und allein ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real beggar is indeed the true and only king. [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist  Doch einzig und allein der wahre Konig.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 2001, our overseas sales overtook domestic sales. Today, they account for 53 percent of our total. I think this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39654]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 2001, our overseas sales overtook domestic sales. Today, they account for 53 percent of our total. I think this tendency will continue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The salvation of the world is in man's suffering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The salvation of the world is in man's suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defend me, God, from myself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defend me, God, from myself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the district is as wide open as it's ever been. Everybody has tapes on each other, so there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39946]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the district is as wide open as it's ever been. Everybody has tapes on each other, so there's not much mystery. It will be a matter of who out-executes whom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is a dish best served cold ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is a dish best served cold]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards, that the sun never sets upon their Dominions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47764]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards, that the sun never sets upon their Dominions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historically that (bass) number is way, way down. The same with threadfin ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â their numbers are up, but it's still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historically that (bass) number is way, way down. The same with threadfin ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â their numbers are up, but it's still way, way down from historic levels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49801]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A small number of IT vendors are at the moment putting customers at risk of unwittingly running illegal software. Microsoft ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42595]]></link><description><![CDATA[A small number of IT vendors are at the moment putting customers at risk of unwittingly running illegal software. Microsoft will not tolerate illegal copies of its software being sold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and oppress its betters, and that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and oppress its betters, and that is precisely the kind that we mainly have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions;  Yet others of our most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions;  Yet others of our most romantic schemes   Are something more than fictions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2436]]></link><description><![CDATA[American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48658]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9421]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Edward all in gold, as he great Jove had been, The Mountfords all in plumes, like estridges were seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prince Edward all in gold, as he great Jove had been, The Mountfords all in plumes, like estridges were seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If students needed a left-handed desk, he or she would just move a [lefty] desk from one classroom to another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30272]]></link><description><![CDATA[If students needed a left-handed desk, he or she would just move a [lefty] desk from one classroom to another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than discover the sense of his heart deserves to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57345]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than discover the sense of his heart deserves to have it pulled out like a traitor's and shown publicly to the rabble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel he'll be a great fit for our team. He'll come in and be our No. 3 quarterback. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30750]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel he'll be a great fit for our team. He'll come in and be our No. 3 quarterback. It gives us some great insurance and a feeling that we can sleep at night that we have a bona fide NFL starter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3249]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness,  And oftentimes excusing of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10463]]></link><description><![CDATA[When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness,  And oftentimes excusing of a fault   Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse,    As patches set upon a little breach     Discredit more in hiding of the fault      Than did the fault before it was so patched.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30716]]></link><description><![CDATA[People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where water is boss, the land must obbey ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where water is boss, the land must obbey]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pouter, tumbler, and fantail are from the same source; The racer and hack may be traced to one Horse;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pouter, tumbler, and fantail are from the same source; The racer and hack may be traced to one Horse;  So men were developed from monkeys of course,   Which nobody can deny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babies are such a nice way to start people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Babies are such a nice way to start people]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So obliging that he ne'er obliged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50940]]></link><description><![CDATA[So obliging that he ne'er obliged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion, you must set yourself on fire first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion, you must set yourself on fire first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13980</guid></item></channel></rss>