<?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[The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them. [Fr., C'est une ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/785]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them. [Fr., C'est une importune garde, du secret des princes, a qui n'en que faire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of this was true. There were no flights. There were no children being rescued. There were no medical supplies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28786]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of this was true. There were no flights. There were no children being rescued. There were no medical supplies being flown. There was no 7-month-old baby who needed a transplant. In fact, he didn't even have a pilot's license,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62830]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one knows how difficult anything is until he has tried to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caused by a dearth of scandal should the vapors Distress our fair ones--let them read the prayers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caused by a dearth of scandal should the vapors Distress our fair ones--let them read the prayers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Again a different meaning has to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Again a different meaning has to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18761]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If inflation continues, the two-car garage will be replaced by the two-family garage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20837]]></link><description><![CDATA[If inflation continues, the two-car garage will be replaced by the two-family garage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the gods do evil then they are not gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57056]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the gods do evil then they are not gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66493]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nice to be honored, to work my butt off and have it pay off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29064]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nice to be honored, to work my butt off and have it pay off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amende to-day and slack not, Deythe cometh and warneth not,  Tyme passeth and speketh not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amende to-day and slack not, Deythe cometh and warneth not,  Tyme passeth and speketh not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man almost nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one's being ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one's being]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53431</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[All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66767]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16615]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enterprises running Web services in their data centers are faced with adding more servers to handle capacity, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enterprises running Web services in their data centers are faced with adding more servers to handle capacity,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not a young club, but we've only got a couple seniors. We're really kind of a junior-dominated club right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36122]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not a young club, but we've only got a couple seniors. We're really kind of a junior-dominated club right now, so we've got a chance to be pretty good this year, but I think next year might really be our year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cheerful heart is good medicine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18936]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cheerful heart is good medicine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That hour o' night's black arch the keystane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27450]]></link><description><![CDATA[That hour o' night's black arch the keystane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I commend you in taking this step to move the company forward, ... I recognize these new contracts involve enormous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I commend you in taking this step to move the company forward, ... I recognize these new contracts involve enormous sacrifices by our employees. We have our work cut out for us; we are not out of the woods yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defend me, God, from myself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defend me, God, from myself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was the right time for this merger. This combination is good for our employees, our customers and our stockholders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34077]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was the right time for this merger. This combination is good for our employees, our customers and our stockholders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47400]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of the factors on which the achievements of our ends and welfare depend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire. [A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49044]]></link><description><![CDATA[A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire. [A little wind kindles; much puts out the fire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym and out there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no excuse for it. It's our home gym. We practice here every day, so there's no excuse for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37680]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no excuse for it. It's our home gym. We practice here every day, so there's no excuse for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals. - Points of View. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals. - Points of View.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His work well done, the leader stepped aside Spurning a crown with more than kingly pride.  Content to wear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61252]]></link><description><![CDATA[His work well done, the leader stepped aside Spurning a crown with more than kingly pride.  Content to wear the higher crown of worth,   While time endures, "First citizen of earth."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate all children of precocious talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48841]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate all children of precocious talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't discuss anything anyway. Unless it appears on Patrick's official breakfast-time agenda. And that consists mainly of food. Minutes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28721]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't discuss anything anyway. Unless it appears on Patrick's official breakfast-time agenda. And that consists mainly of food. Minutes of the last meal and proposals for the next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyle's another one of those guys that's out to prove you wrong. You can't question how hard he wrestles. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kyle's another one of those guys that's out to prove you wrong. You can't question how hard he wrestles. When he gets done with a match you always know he's gave it his all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15778]]></link><description><![CDATA[This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65020]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45275]]></link><description><![CDATA[All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[say that your main crop is the forest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9691]]></link><description><![CDATA[say that your main crop is the forest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is to man a god or a wolf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is to man a god or a wolf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33828]]></link><description><![CDATA[We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth--the true poet is very near the oracle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth--the true poet is very near the oracle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world goes whispering to its own, "This anguish pierces to the bone;"  And tender friends go sighing round, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world goes whispering to its own, "This anguish pierces to the bone;"  And tender friends go sighing round,   "What love can ever cure this wound?"    My days go on, my days go on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk? - The Color Purple, 1982.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steelin his heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21833]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good leader needs to have a compass in his head and a bar of steelin his heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are oft to blame in this, 'Tis too much proved, that with devotion's visage  And pious action we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20233]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are oft to blame in this, 'Tis too much proved, that with devotion's visage  And pious action we do sugar o'er   The devil himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot,  Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4341]]></link><description><![CDATA[These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot,  Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot,   Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear    Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year,     Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not      Against Heaven's hand or will, not bate a jot       Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer        Right onward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need the opportunity to play to bigger audiences. Winning a contest like this will open a lot of doors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42107]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need the opportunity to play to bigger audiences. Winning a contest like this will open a lot of doors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42107</guid></item></channel></rss>