<?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[Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that his pen accomplishes a lot more than his soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, tell me whence Love cometh! Love comes uncall'd, unsent.  Oh, tell me where Love goeth!   That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, tell me whence Love cometh! Love comes uncall'd, unsent.  Oh, tell me where Love goeth!   That was not Love that went.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real centre of the household.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55116]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16425]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits of our own behavior, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars; as if we were villains on necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on. An admirable evasion of whoremaster man, to lay his goatish disposition on the charge of a star.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December, how  In this our pinching cave shall we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11570]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December, how  In this our pinching cave shall we discourse   The freezing hours away?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bachelors know more about women than married men do. If they didn't, they'd be married too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bachelors know more about women than married men do. If they didn't, they'd be married too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as to say, that man's a-waitin' for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61591]]></link><description><![CDATA["When a man says he's willin'," said Mr. Barkis, "it's as much as to say, that man's a-waitin' for a answer."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the urge to reach a state of peace, but we have no urge to compromise an inch of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29893]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the urge to reach a state of peace, but we have no urge to compromise an inch of our territory nor do we accept our sovereignty to be impinged on,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Current licensing practices already impose substantial costs and administrative burdens upon these [digital media] companies, and it would be untenable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Current licensing practices already impose substantial costs and administrative burdens upon these [digital media] companies, and it would be untenable and unfair to require them to shoulder additional costs with respect to these buffer copies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With all the awards she was given, she never put one on the wall. They're all under the bed. She ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31090]]></link><description><![CDATA[With all the awards she was given, she never put one on the wall. They're all under the bed. She said that she didn't need that; she knew what she'd done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps straight from the problem to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition is the supra-logic that cuts out all the routine processes of thought and leaps straight from the problem to the answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16288]]></link><description><![CDATA[And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He [Greenspan] is going to say we're not in a recession, but the risks are very, very high, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37045]]></link><description><![CDATA[He [Greenspan] is going to say we're not in a recession, but the risks are very, very high,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of celebration to this thing, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40896]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of celebration to this thing,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I did a thing on Malcolm in the Middle which I loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29912]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did a thing on Malcolm in the Middle which I loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweets to the sweet! Farewell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweets to the sweet! Farewell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine eyes Were not in fault, for she was beautiful;  Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mine eyes Were not in fault, for she was beautiful;  Mine ears, that heard her flattery; nor my heart,   That thought her like her seeming. It had been vicious    To have mistrusted her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been tough for me, personally. Novak was the toughest one. He was 6-10, shooting 3s all over the court ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36544]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been tough for me, personally. Novak was the toughest one. He was 6-10, shooting 3s all over the court and getting screens set for him. I wasn't used to that; it really caught me off-guard. But it's an experience for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our seasons have no fixed returns, Without our will they come and go;  At noon our sudden summer burns, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our seasons have no fixed returns, Without our will they come and go;  At noon our sudden summer burns,   Ere sunset all is snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62099]]></link><description><![CDATA[All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give them all the credit. We didn't execute on offense, especially in the first half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give them all the credit. We didn't execute on offense, especially in the first half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't seen this kind of support [for a tax cut] in the 26 years I've been in Congress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30199]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't seen this kind of support [for a tax cut] in the 26 years I've been in Congress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We suspect the transmission would be very low on airline flights, ... but probably not zero. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We suspect the transmission would be very low on airline flights, ... but probably not zero.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife that shall be my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50624]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife that shall be my master.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  As a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  As a physician, I have seen men, after all other therapy has failed, lifted out of disease and melancholy by the serene effort of prayer. It is the only power in the world that seems to overcome the so-called "laws of nature"; the occasions on which prayer has dramatically done this have been termed "miracles". But a constant, quieter miracle takes place hourly in the hearts of men and women who have discovered that prayer supplies them with a steady flow of sustaining power in their daily lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52551]]></link><description><![CDATA[It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59007]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they want to get with it, they'd better lower their prices. It's ridiculous that two miles down the road ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31666]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they want to get with it, they'd better lower their prices. It's ridiculous that two miles down the road you can get the same thing for a lower price. They think just because people don't have cars that they can jack up the prices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are very excited to announce this partnership and to align the event with such a favorable brand as Ford. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are very excited to announce this partnership and to align the event with such a favorable brand as Ford. The synergies with the communities are already very strong, and we look forward to unveiling our promotional programs that will excite people about the Tour and the Ford brand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh my, it's very beautiful over there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh my, it's very beautiful over there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall, list'ning, in mid-air suspend their wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24100]]></link><description><![CDATA[No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall, list'ning, in mid-air suspend their wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1654]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I didn't have this affliction, I would be the first. As a rule the if-clause contains an unfulfillable condition, or the patient's own arrangement, which only he can change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28105]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise;  Your little hands were never made   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45620]]></link><description><![CDATA[But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise;  Your little hands were never made   To tear each other's eyes.   - Isaac Watts,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him, Reckoning his skill with opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58897]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil tempts us not--'tis we tempt him, Reckoning his skill with opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not sure people realize how big it is to be at the top of the pyramid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41644]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not sure people realize how big it is to be at the top of the pyramid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. -Jonathan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. -Jonathan Swift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great is advertisement! 'tis almost fate; But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame.  Ah, do you dream to be mistaken ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great is advertisement! 'tis almost fate; But, little mushroom-men, of puff-ball fame.  Ah, do you dream to be mistaken great   And to be really great are just the same?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . -Thomas Bray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45499</guid></item></channel></rss>