<?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[I would do anything Tim [Burton] wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would do anything Tim [Burton] wanted me to. You know - have sex with an aardvark... I would do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - and never knowing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury? [Lat., Quid facies tibi,  Injuriae qui addideris ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22844]]></link><description><![CDATA[What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury? [Lat., Quid facies tibi,  Injuriae qui addideris contumeliam?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While Fell was reposing himself in the hay, A reptile concealed bit his leg as he lay;  But, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46868]]></link><description><![CDATA[While Fell was reposing himself in the hay, A reptile concealed bit his leg as he lay;  But, all venom himself, of the wound he made light,   And got well, while the scorpion died of the bite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30720]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to keep them (soldiers) busy, especially when they are healing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41546]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to keep them (soldiers) busy, especially when they are healing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53910]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you can spring those big runs like that ... that will kill the defense. It's exciting for us to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you can spring those big runs like that ... that will kill the defense. It's exciting for us to know that if we spring a big one, that must mean we did our blocks perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's all got to be cleaned up. The stock market's going to struggle until that happens, and the economy at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42250]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's all got to be cleaned up. The stock market's going to struggle until that happens, and the economy at large will feel like it's moving through molasses, even though it will be moving forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visions for those too tired to sleep, These seeds cast a film over eyes which weep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Visions for those too tired to sleep, These seeds cast a film over eyes which weep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth it's spark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53361]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59701]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave find a home in every land. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave find a home in every land. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more merit, the less affection ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more merit, the less affection]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not Arafat's business, ... We are citizens of the state of Israel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28338]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not Arafat's business, ... We are citizens of the state of Israel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11311]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After it's all said and done, we usually have a couple thousand left, and we donate that to the Anacortes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37671]]></link><description><![CDATA[After it's all said and done, we usually have a couple thousand left, and we donate that to the Anacortes Boys and Girls Club.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63382]]></link><description><![CDATA[If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20210]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43340]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticismof one, go ahead, get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21851]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticismof one, go ahead, get married.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was an awful rainbow once in heaven; We know her woof, her texture; she is given  In the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52949]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was an awful rainbow once in heaven; We know her woof, her texture; she is given  In the dull catalogue of common things.   Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Appetite comes with eating," says Angeston, "but thirst departs with drinking." [Fr., "L'appetit vient en mangeant," disoit Angeston, "mais la ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2901]]></link><description><![CDATA["Appetite comes with eating," says Angeston, "but thirst departs with drinking." [Fr., "L'appetit vient en mangeant," disoit Angeston, "mais la soif e'en va en beuvant."]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone looks so much better when they smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone looks so much better when they smile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23703]]></link><description><![CDATA[One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When treading London's well-known ground If e'er I feel my spirits tire,  I haul my sail, look up around, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12982]]></link><description><![CDATA[When treading London's well-known ground If e'er I feel my spirits tire,  I haul my sail, look up around,   In search of Whitbread's best entire.   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, which every day produces, and which most men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, which every day produces, and which most men throw away, but which nevertheless will make at the end of it no small deduction for the life of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already. [Lat., Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicuti adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3364]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizations are waking up to the pressing need for application security. The overwhelming growth of the application security market has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organizations are waking up to the pressing need for application security. The overwhelming growth of the application security market has created a need to educate and train companies on application quality best practices, as well as the best approach to building reliable, secure applications.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're a little smaller this year, but we have more threats offensively, I think. Our bench is a little deeper; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29512]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're a little smaller this year, but we have more threats offensively, I think. Our bench is a little deeper; we're getting a lot of good play from a lot of guys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was great music for a misunderstood teenager. And when I'm feeling misunderstood these days, I'll stick on a bit of Leonard Cohen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13118]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64706]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32019]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The organization is great, I liked the sailing centre but the race conditions were very difficult. I am very happy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The organization is great, I liked the sailing centre but the race conditions were very difficult. I am very happy that I could cope with the wind and win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I threw away my phoneI thought that you should knowI'd throw away my homeIf I had somewhere to goAnything to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13730]]></link><description><![CDATA[I threw away my phoneI thought that you should knowI'd throw away my homeIf I had somewhere to goAnything to stopThe circle in my brainAnything is better than youMaking me feel lame28 days to kick the habit28 days to let you go28 days and I'll be on my ownAll my life I've been sorry for somethingSomething gets me nothing and nothings such a wasteAll this time I've been sayin I'm sorryBut why should I be sorry for all of your mistakesWhy should I be sorryI've had enough of youPlease forget my nameI'm runnin around on emptyStill tryin to get awayAnything to killThe consciousness of youAnything to end myselfBefore the thought of you28 days to kick the habit28 days to let you go28 days and I'll be on my ownAll my life I've been sorry for somethingSomething gets me nothing and nothings such a wasteAll this time I've been sayin I'm sorryBut why should I be sorry for all of your mistakesNow you'll know what it feels like to bite your tongueNow you'll know what it feels like to be the oneWho walks around with knots in your stomachI've been there, and I've done itAnd now you'll know what it feels likeTo always be afraidOf everything you wanted to sayWho's sorry nowWho's sorry nowWho's sorry nowAll my life I've been sorry for somethingSomething gets me nothing and nothings such a wasteAll this time I've been sayin I'm sorryBut why should I be sorry for all of your mistakesAll my life I've been sorry for somethingSomething gets me nothing and nothings such a wasteAll this time I've been sayin I'm sorryBut why should I be sorry for all of your mistakesWho's sorry now?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created spring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46099]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreign workers' remittances boosted local manufacturers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foreign workers' remittances boosted local manufacturers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33483</guid></item></channel></rss>