<?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[Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every tear has a smile behind it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every tear has a smile behind it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never apologize and never explain - it's a sign of weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never apologize and never explain - it's a sign of weakness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66688]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All concord's born of contraries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60428]]></link><description><![CDATA[All concord's born of contraries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53483]]></link><description><![CDATA[I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the consciousness of the end is the limitation ofthe moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22781]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the consciousness of the end is the limitation ofthe moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66046]]></link><description><![CDATA[We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46836]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all, and thus would have been at the mercy of the Prefect]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is my refuge. It's where I go. It's where I find that integrity I have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is my refuge. It's where I go. It's where I find that integrity I have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you don't need to have anything else; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3858]]></link><description><![CDATA[... it's a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5175]]></link><description><![CDATA[These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is my understanding from briefings that I have had with high-level sources within the intelligence organizations of this country ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39208]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is my understanding from briefings that I have had with high-level sources within the intelligence organizations of this country that at least two of the identified terrorists so far were people known to intelligence and immigration agencies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9836]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65508]]></link><description><![CDATA[We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11515]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swings in U.S. stocks always hit here hard, but lingering concern about the health of Japan's banking system is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swings in U.S. stocks always hit here hard, but lingering concern about the health of Japan's banking system is the main factor weighing heavy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sentinel angel sitting high in glory Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:  "Have mercy, mighty angel, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27338]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sentinel angel sitting high in glory Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:  "Have mercy, mighty angel, hear my story!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dear dear lord, The purest treasure mortal times afford  Is spotless reputation. That away,   Man are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53894]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dear dear lord, The purest treasure mortal times afford  Is spotless reputation. That away,   Man are but gilded loam or painted clay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour we rot and rot; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55648]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A word of optimism and hope. A "you can do it" when things are tough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/76]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/76</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world today has a strong democratic core shaped by American ingenuity, sacrifice, and spirit. But on the periphery are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world today has a strong democratic core shaped by American ingenuity, sacrifice, and spirit. But on the periphery are many unstable and dangerous places, where terrorists seek to impose a medieval dark age. As we learned so brutally and so personally, we do face a new threat. But we also face a renewed choice - between isolation in a perilous world, which I believe is impossible in any event, and engagement to shape a safer world which is the urgent imperative of our time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultures are rubbing against each other more than ever before in history. We need to be sensitive to ... respect, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cultures are rubbing against each other more than ever before in history. We need to be sensitive to ... respect, honor, dignity, and how they are viewed in different societies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the third quarter 2005, we produced our best third-quarter result ever, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39089]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the third quarter 2005, we produced our best third-quarter result ever,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judicial independence is the bulwark of our system. It gives life to the words of the Constitution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judicial independence is the bulwark of our system. It gives life to the words of the Constitution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15466]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood. -As You Like It. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55639]]></link><description><![CDATA[For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were a little lazy in the first half. Coming off the weekend we were a little down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32166]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were a little lazy in the first half. Coming off the weekend we were a little down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58422]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been under intense pressure to come back to work, but the best my colleagues can do is a backroom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40846]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been under intense pressure to come back to work, but the best my colleagues can do is a backroom deal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separatedfrom right living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21968]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separatedfrom right living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What turned this case, what led them to arrest Lisa were statements from Tim Holland. When we get a chance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29209]]></link><description><![CDATA[What turned this case, what led them to arrest Lisa were statements from Tim Holland. When we get a chance to present our information, I think you'll see he's not a credible source.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temper is a funny thing; it spoils children, ruins adults, and strengthens steel ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temper is a funny thing; it spoils children, ruins adults, and strengthens steel]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45279]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The engineers had to redesign the software, reprogram the tape recorder and had to get Galileo to do data compression, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31979]]></link><description><![CDATA[The engineers had to redesign the software, reprogram the tape recorder and had to get Galileo to do data compression,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543   True it is that every man willingly followeth his own bent, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543   True it is that every man willingly followeth his own bent, and is the more inclined to those who agree with him. But if Christ is amongst us, then it is necessary that we sometimes yield up our own opinion for the sake of peace. Who is so wise as to have a perfect knowledge of all things? Therefore trust not too much to thine own opinion, but be ready also to hear the opinion of others. Though thine own opinion be good, yet if for the love of God thou foregoest it, and followest that of another, thou shalt the more profit thereby.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20245]]></link><description><![CDATA[With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19534</guid></item></channel></rss>