<?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 don't think any of us would hesitate. I might pack differently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33754]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think any of us would hesitate. I might pack differently.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That kid was aggressive. He came after Terence, but Terence stepped it up and did his job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28351]]></link><description><![CDATA[That kid was aggressive. He came after Terence, but Terence stepped it up and did his job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to be a good game. Hannan played us tough in the playoffs the last two years ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39216]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to be a good game. Hannan played us tough in the playoffs the last two years ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â¦ but we won both games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mad Cows and Mad Pigs and Mad Fish say it is not 'you are what you eat' butthat we become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mad Cows and Mad Pigs and Mad Fish say it is not 'you are what you eat' butthat we become whom we eat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius . . . arises in the natural, aboriginal concern for the conscious unity of all phenomena. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius . . . arises in the natural, aboriginal concern for the conscious unity of all phenomena.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is sitting on their hands. No-one wants to play with everyone calling a 25 basis points rate rise on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is sitting on their hands. No-one wants to play with everyone calling a 25 basis points rate rise on Wednesday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what is not known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50805]]></link><description><![CDATA[What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what is not known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs Though well I know the tune,  Familiar as a cradle-song   With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57210]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs Though well I know the tune,  Familiar as a cradle-song   With sleep-compelling croon;    Yet though I'm filled with music,     As choirs of summer birds,      "I cannot sing the old songs"--       I do not know the words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're just pleased with these kids. We've played some good competition and played them tough. We've won the last two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39726]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're just pleased with these kids. We've played some good competition and played them tough. We've won the last two games. We're improving each and every day. It's been a real pleasure to work with them. For this group, that's a nice win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢tÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â© than any other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40155]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢tÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â© than any other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53665]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no great future for any people whose faith has burned out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English like eccentrics. They just don't like them living next door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English like eccentrics. They just don't like them living next door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson in grammar seems an impertinence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18134]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson in grammar seems an impertinence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5462]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66731]]></link><description><![CDATA[And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork - Oscar Wilde]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few maxims are true in every respect ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few maxims are true in every respect]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your worst enemy could be your best friend, and your best friend your worst enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your worst enemy could be your best friend, and your best friend your worst enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense, And love th' offender, yet detest the offence? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56396]]></link><description><![CDATA[How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense, And love th' offender, yet detest the offence?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4138]]></link><description><![CDATA[A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. [Lat., Beneficium non in eo quot fit aut datur consistit sed in ipso dantis aut facientis animo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is the schoolmaster of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is the schoolmaster of character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a leaf moved. Everything was gray. All the houses were the same one color. There were no squirrels, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not a leaf moved. Everything was gray. All the houses were the same one color. There were no squirrels, no birds. If you saw something move, it was either a dog or a cat. They clung onto trees. We would bark like dogs and the dogs would bark back at us. I took a speakerphone to amplify my voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17043]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to your funeral]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;  . . . .   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;  . . . .   The little waves, with their soft, white hands,    Efface the footprints in the sands,     And the tide rises, the tide falls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a great opportunity for us to meet the people in the community and outline the way they can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29269]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a great opportunity for us to meet the people in the community and outline the way they can benefit from our project. And we are really fortunate to have the backing of many of the local community groups.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44164]]></link><description><![CDATA[To most people loneliness is a doom. Yet loneliness is the very thing which God has chosen to be one of the schools of training for His very own. It is the fire that sheds the dross and reveals the gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woo the fair one when around Early birds are singing;  When o'er all the fragrant ground   Early ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woo the fair one when around Early birds are singing;  When o'er all the fragrant ground   Early herbs are springing:    When the brookside, bank, and grove     All with blossom laden,      Shine with beauty, breathe of love,       Woo the timid maiden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,  The mingled beauties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54938]]></link><description><![CDATA[So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,  The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I did tell the President that we need a lot of Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39081]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did tell the President that we need a lot of Colin Powell and very little of Rumsfeld]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52778]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing them, end them. Hamlet]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy blinds men and makes it impossible for them to think clearly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is with the approach of winter that cats... wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5346]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is with the approach of winter that cats... wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/797]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25332]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only what is ugly and evil from the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only what is ugly and evil from the same moral circumstances which supply good and beautiful results--the fragrance of celestial flowers--to the daily life of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16459]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3726</guid></item></channel></rss>