<?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[Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does take his work seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mind your P's and Q's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48596]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mind your P's and Q's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man must vanquish himself, must do himself violence, in order to perform the slightest action untainted by evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This nation has dehumanized its adversariescalling them Huns, wops, gooks, Japs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/750]]></link><description><![CDATA[This nation has dehumanized its adversariescalling them Huns, wops, gooks, Japs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.  Let them sail for Porto Rique,   Far-off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.  Let them sail for Porto Rique,   Far-off heats through seas to seek.    I will follow thee alone,     Thou animated torrid-zone!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and human stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9577]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two most common things in the universe are hydrogen and human stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are innocent people ... Those criminals and terrorists came and did this to us, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are innocent people ... Those criminals and terrorists came and did this to us,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1915]]></link><description><![CDATA[To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evidence of marked improvement in the manufacturing sector further guarantees there will be no interest rate cut this Thursday. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evidence of marked improvement in the manufacturing sector further guarantees there will be no interest rate cut this Thursday. Indeed, we admit it is looking increasingly questionable whether interest rates will be trimmed further.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is, as it were, a second self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16828]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is, as it were, a second self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The faith that stand on authority is not faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3504]]></link><description><![CDATA[The faith that stand on authority is not faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1024]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What was most annoying to me as I returned as a tourist with my granddaughter is how seriously you all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41615]]></link><description><![CDATA[What was most annoying to me as I returned as a tourist with my granddaughter is how seriously you all take yourselves. Now, I know it is the capital of the free world and a lot of people there have major important jobs but most don't!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30149]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And yet, despite its military defeat, the loss of its North American possessions, and the destruction of most of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35143]]></link><description><![CDATA[And yet, despite its military defeat, the loss of its North American possessions, and the destruction of most of its navy, France survived defeat and rapidly recovered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was now a coward on instinct. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55863]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was now a coward on instinct. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligence is that faculty of mind, by which order is perceived in a situation previously considered disordered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intelligence is that faculty of mind, by which order is perceived in a situation previously considered disordered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words of the world want to make sentences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4707]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words of the world want to make sentences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every marriage then is best in tune, When that the wife is May, the husband June. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26628]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every marriage then is best in tune, When that the wife is May, the husband June.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who says you can't see a thought simply doesn't know art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who says you can't see a thought simply doesn't know art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24326]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my experience, problems most frequently arise from those who report for television, with little field experience in your area ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29010]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my experience, problems most frequently arise from those who report for television, with little field experience in your area but an insatiable appetite for a sound bite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Italians are plunderers. [It., Gli Italiani tutti ladroni.]  Not all but a good part.   [It., Non ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23099]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Italians are plunderers. [It., Gli Italiani tutti ladroni.]  Not all but a good part.   [It., Non tutti, ma buona parte.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['He means well' is useless unless he does well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4017]]></link><description><![CDATA['He means well' is useless unless he does well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By expanding DFS into Canada, we are able to better meet our existing clients' needs while positioning ourselves strategically for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35068]]></link><description><![CDATA[By expanding DFS into Canada, we are able to better meet our existing clients' needs while positioning ourselves strategically for future growth opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too late is tomorrow's life; live for today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too late is tomorrow's life; live for today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15708]]></link><description><![CDATA[To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56675]]></link><description><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will not be a new target for the eradication of polio. Every country in the world could stop polio ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30810]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will not be a new target for the eradication of polio. Every country in the world could stop polio by the end of 2005 save Nigeria. Basically the world, at the start of 2006, will look at who is late, and work to make that process move faster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen more consumer problems resolved because of these sites than there ever could have been. But it's a company's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen more consumer problems resolved because of these sites than there ever could have been. But it's a company's fiduciary responsibility to protect its intellectual property, its stock price and to make sure that any information that appears in any media is factually accurate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14492]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give a sucker an even break. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give a sucker an even break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let it rise! let it rise, till it meet the sum in his coming; let the earliest light of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let it rise! let it rise, till it meet the sum in his coming; let the earliest light of the morning gild it, and the parting day linger and play on its summit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're hoping he's still alive. We're hoping for the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40944]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're hoping he's still alive. We're hoping for the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm moves the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm moves the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most mimes are annoying. It's sort of like the Macarena on a smaller scale. A large number of people looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most mimes are annoying. It's sort of like the Macarena on a smaller scale. A large number of people looking silly doing the same things over and over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The game was just lacking the intensity. (Mostly) going through the motions, hard to get into the flow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35995]]></link><description><![CDATA[The game was just lacking the intensity. (Mostly) going through the motions, hard to get into the flow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2320]]></link><description><![CDATA[But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't double-click me, I can't do anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9470]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't double-click me, I can't do anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The learn'd reflect on what before they knew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say, when the ground our father Adam till'd, And mother Eve the humble distaff held,  Who then his pedigree ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say, when the ground our father Adam till'd, And mother Eve the humble distaff held,  Who then his pedigree presumed to trace,   Or challenged the prerogative of place?    [Lat., Primus Adam duro cum vertet arva ligone,     Pensaque de vili deceret Eva colo:      Ecquis in hoc poterat vir nobilis orbe videri?       Et modo quisquam alios ante locandue erir?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2491</guid></item></channel></rss>