<?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[If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15707]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily news that comes in on the ongoing violence and the more-structural problems,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure when Chuck Schumer needs information from the Congressional Budget Office, he doesn't have to check with Harry Reid, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40841]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure when Chuck Schumer needs information from the Congressional Budget Office, he doesn't have to check with Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate leader. I expect to be calling Mr. Naughton directly as I always have in the past. If she wants to know what I'm doing, she can always call me. I'll be happy to respond.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not just about the film industry: whether you're talking about the pharmaceutical industry, the information technology industry or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32680]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not just about the film industry: whether you're talking about the pharmaceutical industry, the information technology industry or filmed entertainment, the protection of intellectual property is crucial. If we can't build businesses around ideas, and feel comfortable that we have the right to those ideas, then our entire business is threatened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64968]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet bird that shunn'st the nose of folly, Most musical, most melancholy!  Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet bird that shunn'st the nose of folly, Most musical, most melancholy!  Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among,   I woo, to hear thy even-song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing Cheapside.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50336]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing Cheapside.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killing no murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Killing no murder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very rats Instinctively had quit it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very rats Instinctively had quit it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time a child says "I don't believe in fairies" there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time a child says "I don't believe in fairies" there is a little fairy somewhere that falls down dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw the long line of the vacant shore, The sea-weed and the shells upon the sand,  And the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59267]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw the long line of the vacant shore, The sea-weed and the shells upon the sand,  And the brown rocks left bare on every hand,   As if the ebbing tide would flow no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the greater shadows fall from the lofty mountains. [Lat., Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55303]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the greater shadows fall from the lofty mountains. [Lat., Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful agent of growth and transformation is something much more basic than any technique: a change of heart. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful agent of growth and transformation is something much more basic than any technique: a change of heart. . -John Welwood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Sabbath bell, That over wood and wild and mountain dell  Wanders so far, chasing all thoughts unholy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4125]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Sabbath bell, That over wood and wild and mountain dell  Wanders so far, chasing all thoughts unholy   With sounds most musical, most melancholy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slang is a poor man's poetry ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slang is a poor man's poetry]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age is only a number. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age is only a number.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The responsible choice would be to honor those who have worn our nation's uniform, but the administration made a different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18971]]></link><description><![CDATA[The responsible choice would be to honor those who have worn our nation's uniform, but the administration made a different choice. They're raising veterans' health care fees by $250 a year while cutting taxes for millionaires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things have been great this season. We've had a lot of support and we hope to see more people here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things have been great this season. We've had a lot of support and we hope to see more people here next year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56432]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution as to warm without heating, to cheer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution as to warm without heating, to cheer but not inebriate. (Tar Water.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perish those who said our good things before we did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perish those who said our good things before we did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is angry at a feast is rude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49362]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is angry at a feast is rude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People kept coming up to our booth asking if this was the knee brace that everyone was talking about! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42582]]></link><description><![CDATA[People kept coming up to our booth asking if this was the knee brace that everyone was talking about!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60032]]></link><description><![CDATA[These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the rudder, and the ship goes to heaven or hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church-going bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4104]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church-going bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48111]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22857]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since 1994, any herbal remedy sold as a dietary supplement -- no matter what their real purpose -- the FDA ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since 1994, any herbal remedy sold as a dietary supplement -- no matter what their real purpose -- the FDA has no authority over them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best of prophets of the future is the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best of prophets of the future is the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey from his birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5901]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey from his birth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54483]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under every stone lurks a politician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under every stone lurks a politician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43974]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4180]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the U.K. government does not curb aviation growth, all other sectors of the economy will eventually be forced to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39967]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the U.K. government does not curb aviation growth, all other sectors of the economy will eventually be forced to become carbon neutral. It will undermine the competitiveness of U.K. industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29035]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10469]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gentlemen do not read each other's mail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gentlemen do not read each other's mail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56953]]></link><description><![CDATA[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260</guid></item></channel></rss>