<?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[At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The Tempest growls; but as it nearer comes,  And rolls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57910]]></link><description><![CDATA[At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The Tempest growls; but as it nearer comes,  And rolls its awful burden on the wind,   The Lightnings flash a larger curve, and more    The Noise astounds; till overhead a sheet     Of livid flame discloses wide, then shuts,      And opens wider; shuts and opens still       Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze.        Follows the loosen'd aggravated Roar,         Enlarging, deepening, mingling, peal on peal,          Crush'd, horrible, convulsing Heaven and Earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14767]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was born ostentatious. They will list my name in the dictionary someday. They will use 'Imeldific' to mean ostentatious extravagance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weather is supposed to be great. They say it's going to be the nicest day of the week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40305]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weather is supposed to be great. They say it's going to be the nicest day of the week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would rather have one man or woman working with us than three merely working for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2123]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would rather have one man or woman working with us than three merely working for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is more concerned about who you are than what you do, and He is more concerned about what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53583]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is more concerned about who you are than what you do, and He is more concerned about what you do than where you do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59305]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government didn't present any case, they just wanted it to appear like they did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42214]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government didn't present any case, they just wanted it to appear like they did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The newest books are those that never grow old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The newest books are those that never grow old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5448]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32660]]></link><description><![CDATA[O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12922]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel comfortable and safe going back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks like things are going to get rough, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35123]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks like things are going to get rough,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reggaeton is the first Spanish-language genre that Mexicans like, Caribbeans like it and South Americans like it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reggaeton is the first Spanish-language genre that Mexicans like, Caribbeans like it and South Americans like it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9760]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the failings he has the quickest eye for in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the failings he has the quickest eye for in others. They may not be the very failings he is himself conscious of; but they will be their next-door neighbors. No man keeps such a jealous lookout as a rival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55690]]></link><description><![CDATA[No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A feeble dart short of its mark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51778]]></link><description><![CDATA[A feeble dart short of its mark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He warmes too neere that burnes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49418]]></link><description><![CDATA[He warmes too neere that burnes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like many American kids, he wants to stay in America. But he knows this is a business. If the opportunity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like many American kids, he wants to stay in America. But he knows this is a business. If the opportunity is in Europe, he's fine with that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As an example of the cooperation existing among the governments, the idea is also to establish and intensify cooperation between ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42604]]></link><description><![CDATA[As an example of the cooperation existing among the governments, the idea is also to establish and intensify cooperation between chambers of commerce in both regions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65584]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements are the result of many little things done in a single direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His heroism, patriotism and service to the country are something we all need to see as a role model. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29145]]></link><description><![CDATA[His heroism, patriotism and service to the country are something we all need to see as a role model.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience and time do more than strength or passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience and time do more than strength or passion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great causes and little men go ill together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great causes and little men go ill together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure would be nice to have some school officials here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure would be nice to have some school officials here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when ill indeed, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.   - George Colman ("The Younger"), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56235]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when ill indeed, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.   - George Colman ("The Younger"),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52348]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64266]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ladies at the food stamp office started calling around. And by the time we left the office, we had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32075]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ladies at the food stamp office started calling around. And by the time we left the office, we had food and clothes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19219]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44865]]></link><description><![CDATA[And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33133]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56852]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and beget action; they kill and revive, corrupt and cure. The "men-of-words"- priests, prophets, intellectuals- have played a more decisive role in history than military leaders, statesmen, and businessmen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputations on the line in support of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputations on the line in support of an idea or enterprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you wind up with a nest egg or a goose egg depends on the kind of chick you married ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you wind up with a nest egg or a goose egg depends on the kind of chick you married]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't wait for someone to take you under their wing. Find a good wing and climb up underneath it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't wait for someone to take you under their wing. Find a good wing and climb up underneath it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World records are only borrowed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57443]]></link><description><![CDATA[World records are only borrowed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17270]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I gave I have, what I spent I had; and what I left I lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The success of competing formats depends on the availability of content. If the content from Hollywood studios is only available ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The success of competing formats depends on the availability of content. If the content from Hollywood studios is only available in one of the blue laser formats, then I don't see the other technologies being successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory; a matter of staying power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory; a matter of staying power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60604</guid></item></channel></rss>