<?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[To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47224]]></link><description><![CDATA[To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. Itwill get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. Itwill get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your wholelife be a revelation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions;  Yet others of our most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions;  Yet others of our most romantic schemes   Are something more than fictions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16082]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fisherman's walk: three steps and overboard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When found, make a note of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23340]]></link><description><![CDATA[When found, make a note of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You whirled them to the back of beyont. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51115]]></link><description><![CDATA[You whirled them to the back of beyont.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64839]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've spent, I think, close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1928]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to get as far as we did (in 2004). I don't like being the only one upset after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32608]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to get as far as we did (in 2004). I don't like being the only one upset after a loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63333]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like we said yesterday, we'll be happy with top five. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like we said yesterday, we'll be happy with top five.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war to end drugs, how about a little attention ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war to end drugs, how about a little attention to drugs which will end war?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was one of those cheesy model-type things where we had to walk across a runway like a piece of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41897]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was one of those cheesy model-type things where we had to walk across a runway like a piece of meat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63339]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46433]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66541]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52987]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Religion is kind of like understanding a manual in German. I know it's important and I really need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understanding Religion is kind of like understanding a manual in German. I know it's important and I really need to figure it out, but it's just not happening!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're excited about qualifying for the tournament. It's our first goal. We want to continue to focus on improving, getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37543]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're excited about qualifying for the tournament. It's our first goal. We want to continue to focus on improving, getting better, so we can try to extend the season as long as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The study validates what parents know intuitively: Well, duh, yes, there is more sex on TV. We need to give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39588]]></link><description><![CDATA[The study validates what parents know intuitively: Well, duh, yes, there is more sex on TV. We need to give parents better tools. With 200 channels, I feel out of control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody with me at sea but myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody with me at sea but myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every book is a children's book if the kid can read! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A scientist studies what is, an engineer studies what never was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13895]]></link><description><![CDATA[A scientist studies what is, an engineer studies what never was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there. - The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there. - The Tempation to Exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasten deliberately. [Lat., Festina lente.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hasten deliberately. [Lat., Festina lente.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It happens a lot with English bulldogs, a breed known to have difficulty giving birth. They frequently have to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30185]]></link><description><![CDATA[It happens a lot with English bulldogs, a breed known to have difficulty giving birth. They frequently have to have a Caesarean section.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acquaintance: a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is the mother of health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is the mother of health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield,  Nature's, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield,  Nature's, not honour's law we must obey:   This made me cast my useless shield away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4031]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have-for their usefulness. -Thomas Merton.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to you, as good as you are, And here's to me, as bad as I am;  But as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to you, as good as you are, And here's to me, as bad as I am;  But as good as you are, and as bad as I am,   I am as good as your are, as bad as I am.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step below ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54220]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step below the sublime makes the ridiculous and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the business, That such a hideous trumpet calls to parley  The sleepers of the house? Speak, speak! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57300]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the business, That such a hideous trumpet calls to parley  The sleepers of the house? Speak, speak!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23927]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking his oath and resolution, like A twist of rotten silk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breaking his oath and resolution, like A twist of rotten silk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are really very happy to have them come back year after year. The public really enjoys them. They normally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39302]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are really very happy to have them come back year after year. The public really enjoys them. They normally bring 20 to 30 paintings every year. It's become expected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a great sale. Bidding on e-Bay was very strong as were phone bids. We were busy all weekend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33181]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a great sale. Bidding on e-Bay was very strong as were phone bids. We were busy all weekend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loquacity and lying are cousins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loquacity and lying are cousins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525  God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525  God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight through hardship. But He leads! And amidst the hardship, He is nearer to them than ever before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6613</guid></item></channel></rss>