<?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[Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disaster is a natural part of my evolution. Toward tragedy and dissolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today the journey is ended, I have worked out the mandates of fate;  Naked, along, undefended,   I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today the journey is ended, I have worked out the mandates of fate;  Naked, along, undefended,   I knock at the Uttermost Gate.    Behind is life and its longing,     Its trial, its trouble, its sorrow,      Beyond is the Infinite Morning       Of a day without a tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That would make this particularly disheartening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32298]]></link><description><![CDATA[That would make this particularly disheartening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31491]]></link><description><![CDATA[When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, Microsoft has behaved like the clear-cutters of the computer software industry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34576]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, Microsoft has behaved like the clear-cutters of the computer software industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solitude is the enemy of well-being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lely on animated canvas stole The sleepy eye, that spoke the melting soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lely on animated canvas stole The sleepy eye, that spoke the melting soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We continue to work with Titan to review all relevant information related to Titan's relationship with international consultants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37581]]></link><description><![CDATA[We continue to work with Titan to review all relevant information related to Titan's relationship with international consultants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you hate something thoroughly without knowing why, you can be sure there is something of it in your own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52158]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hate something thoroughly without knowing why, you can be sure there is something of it in your own nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a billionaire's spending habit, but a millionaire's budget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35924]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a billionaire's spending habit, but a millionaire's budget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't get rattled. We never get rattled. Coming into the game we knew that St. James was a good-shooting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't get rattled. We never get rattled. Coming into the game we knew that St. James was a good-shooting team. So, we decided to mix up defenses on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act quickly, think slowly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act quickly, think slowly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4060]]></link><description><![CDATA[One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9899]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29691]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He threw a temper tantrum with a spray can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38650]]></link><description><![CDATA[He threw a temper tantrum with a spray can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53069]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because actually deserve them? So now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39790]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45119]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17652]]></link><description><![CDATA[God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46900]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46900</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[Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to their waning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to their waning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no Plan B. So you're a little more exposed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41568]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no Plan B. So you're a little more exposed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4459]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'd known I was gonna live this long. I'd have taken better care of myself. [Eubie Blake At Age ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1295]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'd known I was gonna live this long. I'd have taken better care of myself. [Eubie Blake At Age 100].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36462]]></link><description><![CDATA[In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58035]]></link><description><![CDATA[These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home, and are no incumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats. [Lat., Haec studia adolecentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis solatium et perfugium praebent, delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market is reacting to worries over supplies during the coming driving season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market is reacting to worries over supplies during the coming driving season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The economy is not in a recession. This economy had enormous spending imbalances that it had to work out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37046]]></link><description><![CDATA[The economy is not in a recession. This economy had enormous spending imbalances that it had to work out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel found no further justification to keep me in jail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Israel found no further justification to keep me in jail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem a turned it into an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, uncertainty and bloody-mindedness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . by evil report and good report . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44453]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . by evil report and good report . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis the witching hour of night, Orbed is the moon and bright,  And the stars they glisten, glisten,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44529]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis the witching hour of night, Orbed is the moon and bright,  And the stars they glisten, glisten,   Seeming with bright eyes to listen-    For what listen they?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5244]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! [Fr., Vous ne jouez donc pas le whist, monsieur? Helas! quelle triste vieilesse vous vous preparez!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9277]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the institutional investor, there's a lot at stake this year if Bush doesn't win re-election, ... There are a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40699]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the institutional investor, there's a lot at stake this year if Bush doesn't win re-election, ... There are a lot of different issues that make them nervous, but the one that the Democratic candidates have been talking about a lot is the tax cuts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye field flowers! the gardens eclipse you 'tis true: Yet wildings of nature, I dote upon you,  For ye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye field flowers! the gardens eclipse you 'tis true: Yet wildings of nature, I dote upon you,  For ye waft me to summers of old,   When the earth teem'd around me with fairy delight,    And when daisies and buttercups gladden'd my sight,     Like treasures of silver and gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63407]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63407</guid></item></channel></rss>