<?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[And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56002]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil. -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crude gained a lot last week and we are giving some of that back. The U.S. led a large attack ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crude gained a lot last week and we are giving some of that back. The U.S. led a large attack in Iraq last week, one that wasn't unprecedented, but the media got a hold of it and the market reacted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They think incentives will be leveling off. With all the new models being launched in next 12 to 18 months, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30627]]></link><description><![CDATA[They think incentives will be leveling off. With all the new models being launched in next 12 to 18 months, they will not need incentives to spur sales.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47366]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were witnesses. We know who did this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41196]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were witnesses. We know who did this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, maybe once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enough shovels of earth -- a mountain. Enough pails of water -- a river.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2445]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belief is best when uncomplicated by reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belief is best when uncomplicated by reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes nine tailors to make a man. [Fr., Il faut neuf tailleurs pour faire un homme.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58565]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes nine tailors to make a man. [Fr., Il faut neuf tailleurs pour faire un homme.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This method gives us an incredible map of the ubiquitous but very diffuse types of disturbances that exist in Brazil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36179]]></link><description><![CDATA[This method gives us an incredible map of the ubiquitous but very diffuse types of disturbances that exist in Brazil or in any tropical forest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. -Mickey Mantle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24945]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. -Mickey Mantle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm so happy to have completed the two triple axels. I wasn't really thinking about winning this championship too much. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41388]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm so happy to have completed the two triple axels. I wasn't really thinking about winning this championship too much. I was more concerned with trying to land the two triple axels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the waves are round me breaking,As I pace the deck alone,And my eye in vain is seekingSome green leaf ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25305]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the waves are round me breaking,As I pace the deck alone,And my eye in vain is seekingSome green leaf to rest upon;What would not I give to wanderWhere my old companions dwell?Absence makes the heart grow fonder,Isle of Beauty, fare thee well! - Paradise Lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When May, with cowslip-braided locks, Walks through the land in green attire.  And burns in meadow-grass the phlox  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26624]]></link><description><![CDATA[When May, with cowslip-braided locks, Walks through the land in green attire.  And burns in meadow-grass the phlox   His torch of purple fire:    . . . .     And when the punctual May arrives,      With cowslip-garland on her brow,       We know what once she gave our lives,        And cannot give us now!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time you go out on the ice, there are slight flaws. You can always think of something you should have done better. These are the things you must work on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's curst hard reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46027]]></link><description><![CDATA[You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's curst hard reading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45136]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58245]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the more he is able to accomplish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laywers, I suppose, were children once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laywers, I suppose, were children once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They booked credits from multiple suppliers, with cash tied to future business. It might be perceived as another piece of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39181]]></link><description><![CDATA[They booked credits from multiple suppliers, with cash tied to future business. It might be perceived as another piece of bad news. But it's not a big issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63601]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I but hear her sing, I fare Like one that raises, holds his ear  To some bright star ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56455]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I but hear her sing, I fare Like one that raises, holds his ear  To some bright star in the supremest Round;   Through which, besides the light that's seen    There may be heard, from Heaven within,     The rests of Anthems, that the Angels sound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would say our skill positions have some depth. We have some good, athletic kids. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38581]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would say our skill positions have some depth. We have some good, athletic kids.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of our troubles in the world today arise from an over-emphasis of the masculine, and a neglect of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of our troubles in the world today arise from an over-emphasis of the masculine, and a neglect of the feminine. This modern world is an aggressive, hyperactive, competitive, masculine world, and it needs the woman's touch as never before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48788]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our construction teams and customer service representatives are among the best in the business. Our goal has always been to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our construction teams and customer service representatives are among the best in the business. Our goal has always been to deliver a zero-defect home, withstanding the test of time from the day folks move in and far into the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60439]]></link><description><![CDATA[My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed--they know the angels are on their side: They know in them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62125]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed--they know the angels are on their side: They know in them is the Grace confessed, and for them are the Mercies multiplied;  They sit at the Feet, they hear the Word, they see how truly the Promise runs;   They have cast their burden upon the Lord, and--the Lord He lays it on Martha's sons!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He koude songes make and well endite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46852]]></link><description><![CDATA[He koude songes make and well endite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10323]]></link><description><![CDATA[True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ascetic believed that, because he was so holy, the Devil was permitted special liberties with him, and he found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ascetic believed that, because he was so holy, the Devil was permitted special liberties with him, and he found in his increasing agony of effort a token of divine approval. Not along this track lies the path of moral progress. Christianity says: face the evil once for all, and disown it. Then quiet the spirit in the presence of God. Let His perfections fill the field of vision. In particular, let the concrete embodiment of the goodness of God in Christ attract and absorb the gaze of the soul. Here is the righteousness, not as a fixed and abstract ideal, but in a living human person. The righteousness of Christ is a real achievement of God's own Spirit in man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The energy of the mind is the essence of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The energy of the mind is the essence of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But O yet more miserable! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42764]]></link><description><![CDATA[But O yet more miserable! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an attempt to mitigate, and litigate the problem, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37769]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an attempt to mitigate, and litigate the problem,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26764]]></link><description><![CDATA[All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26764</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><item><title><![CDATA[I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20842]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20842</guid></item></channel></rss>