<?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[Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14446]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would, and we would not. -Measure for Measure. Act iv. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55399]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would, and we would not. -Measure for Measure. Act iv. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not how much you do, but how much Love you put into the doing that matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25859]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not how much you do, but how much Love you put into the doing that matters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46080]]></link><description><![CDATA[The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves. -Kahlil Gilbran.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9524]]></link><description><![CDATA[About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is the mother of foresight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is the mother of foresight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8837]]></link><description><![CDATA[The three great elements of modern civilization, Gunpowder, Printing, and the Protestant Religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16908]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair. -Samuel Johnson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39543]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which is absolutely banned, or slide towards illegality by its tacit acceptance that torture is sometimes OK.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one knows what he can do till he tries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13644]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one knows what he can do till he tries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would make it awfully difficult to do sewer projects in the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32160]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would make it awfully difficult to do sewer projects in the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise. [Fr., Le silence est l'esprit des ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise. [Fr., Le silence est l'esprit des sots, et l'une des vertus du sage.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27866]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my own hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like work; It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62163]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like work; It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15966]]></link><description><![CDATA[You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53750]]></link><description><![CDATA[And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a rebel? A man who says no ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53143]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a rebel? A man who says no]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27594]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a dignity in dying that doctors should not dare to deny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11412]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a dignity in dying that doctors should not dare to deny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10424]]></link><description><![CDATA[You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superfluous wealth can buy superfluities only.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63703]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5934]]></link><description><![CDATA[We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've waited long enough. I just hope we have better luck this time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29201]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've waited long enough. I just hope we have better luck this time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65690]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can love someone so much...But you can never love people as much as you can miss them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61311]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that dies pays all debts. -The Tempest. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56090]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that dies pays all debts. -The Tempest. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22212]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14914]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can be counted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can be counted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[already seething with social injustice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31999]]></link><description><![CDATA[already seething with social injustice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44044]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm trying not to look too far ahead. All I'm thinking is one shot at a time, one hole at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46321]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm trying not to look too far ahead. All I'm thinking is one shot at a time, one hole at a time, and that's what I want to keep doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3444]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63200]]></link><description><![CDATA[On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep for. [Lat., Levia perpessi sumus  Si flenda ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58206]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep for. [Lat., Levia perpessi sumus  Si flenda patimur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15038]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is faith among men that holds the moral elements of society together, as it is faith in God that binds the world to his throne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11310]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am afraid [if the present trend in Vietnam continues] that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60638]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am afraid [if the present trend in Vietnam continues] that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told him, 'Son, what is it with you: Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57609]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told him, 'Son, what is it with you: Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.' (on a former player)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Roman came here he wanted to quickly get the club up to a certain level, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35069]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Roman came here he wanted to quickly get the club up to a certain level,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among these treasures of our land is water--fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among these treasures of our land is water--fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used--but it can bring devastation and ruin when left uncontrolled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47676</guid></item></channel></rss>