<?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[Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole Hollywood spin machine works together to create images that are impossible for any of us to live up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole Hollywood spin machine works together to create images that are impossible for any of us to live up to. They purposefully set us up to admire and even covet something we can never have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home. No matter how you lived ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8735]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home. No matter how you lived there-well or poorly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their eyes seem'd rings from whence the gems were gone. [It., Parean l'occhiaje anella senza gemme.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their eyes seem'd rings from whence the gems were gone. [It., Parean l'occhiaje anella senza gemme.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always be closing...That doesn’t mean you’re always closing the deal, but it does mean that you need to be always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always be closing...That doesn’t mean you’re always closing the deal, but it does mean that you need to be always closing on the next step in the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,  Even to the meanest; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each,  Even to the meanest; yea, a boon to all   Where pity is, for pity makes the world    Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debt relief is considered to be aid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debt relief is considered to be aid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5206]]></link><description><![CDATA[A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem  None rebels except subjects? The prince who   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyranny Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem  None rebels except subjects? The prince who   Neglects or violates his trust is more    A brigand than the robber-chief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16923]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am treating you as my friend asking you share my present minuses in the hope I can ask you to share my future pluses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44000]]></link><description><![CDATA[What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The Lord afflicts us at times; but it is always a thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The Lord afflicts us at times; but it is always a thousand times less than we deserve, and much less than many of our fellow-creatures are suffering around us. Let us therefore pray for grace to be humble, thankful, and patient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65263]]></link><description><![CDATA[A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16672]]></link><description><![CDATA[To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66668]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16448]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagusWith tigery stripes, and a face on itRound as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want a plain box, I want a sarcophagusWith tigery stripes, and a face on itRound as the moon, to stare up.I want to be looking at them when they comePicking among the dumb minerals, the roots.I see them already-the pale, star-distance faces.Now they are nothing, they are not even babies.I imagine them without fathers or mothers, like the first gods.They will wonder if I was important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the best thing that happened to me, a tournament like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28912]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the best thing that happened to me, a tournament like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11772]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or it'll turn into a fossil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12148]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-o to a tree ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-o to a tree]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Master, go on, and I will follow thee To the last gasp with truth and loyalty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Master, go on, and I will follow thee To the last gasp with truth and loyalty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Under the proposal] Ms Arroyo is at the same time president and one who consolidates the powers of prime minister ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31114]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Under the proposal] Ms Arroyo is at the same time president and one who consolidates the powers of prime minister in her hands, which includes the power to dissolve parliament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28124]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63565]]></link><description><![CDATA[I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rest of the games for the rest of the season are big games. It was good to start today. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29687]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rest of the games for the rest of the season are big games. It was good to start today. When you have to play every possession, it?s really good for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18231]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite our agreement on Monday, we felt it was essential to add a factor that safeguarded the employees' pension scheme. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite our agreement on Monday, we felt it was essential to add a factor that safeguarded the employees' pension scheme. This was rejected by the trade union which prevented them from endorsing or accepting the rest of the offer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he; His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he; His time is spent, our pilgrimage must be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God;  And only he who sees takes off his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God;  And only he who sees takes off his shoes;   The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22819]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17715]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are hoarding potentials so great that they are just aboutunimaginable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21856]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are hoarding potentials so great that they are just aboutunimaginable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The awareness of our own strength makes us modest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15686]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5343]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity. The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is so rushed, they don't take time for the whimsical, the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is so rushed, they don't take time for the whimsical, the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internalization. This occurs when you've exploited impact, when you'vemolded the standard material to your needs and made it yours, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Internalization. This occurs when you've exploited impact, when you'vemolded the standard material to your needs and made it yours, when you'vemade your new skills strong through hard use. All of a sudden these newconcepts stopped churning within you, and a new reality is born: You andthe concepts are one. They have literally become you. You have becomethem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want the customer to always get a lot of food for a little money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40759]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want the customer to always get a lot of food for a little money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions. [Lat., Ille sinistrorsum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14160]]></link><description><![CDATA[One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions. [Lat., Ille sinistrorsum hic dexrorsum abit, unus utrique  Error, sed variis illudit partibus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look clearly into a future when there will not be many idols left to smash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy is that when a precision bomb hits a gas station surrounded by cottages, you discover that you can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy is that when a precision bomb hits a gas station surrounded by cottages, you discover that you can't fight a humanitarian war in a humane way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The King turned a deaf ear to friendly countries' calls for rapprochement with political parties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The King turned a deaf ear to friendly countries' calls for rapprochement with political parties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44961]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44961</guid></item></channel></rss>