<?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[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[I felt nervous for the first frame but after that I was fine, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41738]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt nervous for the first frame but after that I was fine,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things do not happen. Things are made to happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Handsome features are a silent recommendation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Handsome features are a silent recommendation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are very few things that I read that kick me in the gut. This is beyond my wildest guess ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39731]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are very few things that I read that kick me in the gut. This is beyond my wildest guess of how bad it actually is ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â how bad, how long and how nobody knew about it, ... I don't think Democrats or Republicans win on this. It basically makes people detest Congress even more and deters voter turnout.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free,  And lets us go our unobtrusive way,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free,  And lets us go our unobtrusive way,   Glad of the sun and rain,    Upright, serene, humane,     Contented with the fortune of a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ther's no great banquet but some fares ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's a very, very important part of our program. She really has produced. She has more home runs now than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30021]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's a very, very important part of our program. She really has produced. She has more home runs now than in her whole career. She's using the whole field now, hitting home runs to right field and left field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the stag, and afterwards, when he has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51958]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the stag, and afterwards, when he has been caught, to skin him. [Lat., Et vulgariter dicitur, quod primun oportet cervum capere, et postea, cum captus fuerit, illum excoriare.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The differences between a competent person and an incompetent person are demonstrated in his environment (surroundings). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9208]]></link><description><![CDATA[The differences between a competent person and an incompetent person are demonstrated in his environment (surroundings).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh my God, she's fashion road-kill! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh my God, she's fashion road-kill!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29981]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak,  And by its weakness overcomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43205]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak,  And by its weakness overcomes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a very balanced match. Milan played well and produced some good scoring chances that unfortunately we did not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31001]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a very balanced match. Milan played well and produced some good scoring chances that unfortunately we did not turn into goals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow, Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow, Such as Creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are ready to try our fortunes To the last man. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55936]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are ready to try our fortunes To the last man. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must every one be a man of his own fancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51220]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must every one be a man of his own fancy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19992]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enought of the world to feel that all people are in some sense his own kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill husbandry lieth In prison for debt:  Good husbandry spieth   Where profit get.   - Thomas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill husbandry lieth In prison for debt:  Good husbandry spieth   Where profit get.   - Thomas Tusser,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not going to play games about who's going to call who, but clearly these guys walked out. They have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38972]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not going to play games about who's going to call who, but clearly these guys walked out. They have to walk back in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hollywood is more forgiving than the church. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hollywood is more forgiving than the church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think of that, Master Brook. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think of that, Master Brook. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had her for two more years. Well, almost two years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42001]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had her for two more years. Well, almost two years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Traveler and His DogA Traveler about to set out on a journey saw his Dog stand at the door ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Traveler and His DogA Traveler about to set out on a journey saw his Dog stand at the door stretching himself. He asked him sharply: Why do you stand there gaping? Everything is ready but you, so come with me instantly. The Dog, wagging his tail, replied: O, master! I am quite ready; it is you for whom I am waiting. The loiterer often blames delay on his more active friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe what we do here is help you develop that sense of what is right and what is wrong. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe what we do here is help you develop that sense of what is right and what is wrong. We don't want to dictate morality to people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weariness Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth  Finds the down pillow hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weariness Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth  Finds the down pillow hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, easy is the descent to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, easy is the descent to hell; the door of dark Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and come out to the air above, that is work, that is labor!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like the fashion of your garments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15346]]></link><description><![CDATA[You, sir, I entertain for one of my hundred; only I do not like the fashion of your garments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27797]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to create a dream. You've got to uphold the dream. If you can't, go back to the factory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12915]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to create a dream. You've got to uphold the dream. If you can't, go back to the factory or go back to the desk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66269]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the nightingale doth sing Not a senseless, tranced thing,  But divine melodious truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the nightingale doth sing Not a senseless, tranced thing,  But divine melodious truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since yesterday I have been in Alcala. Erelong the time will come, sweet Preciosa,  When that dull distance shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since yesterday I have been in Alcala. Erelong the time will come, sweet Preciosa,  When that dull distance shall no more divide us;   And I no more shall scale thy wall by night    To steal a kiss from thee, as I do now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And plenty makes us poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47881]]></link><description><![CDATA[And plenty makes us poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will keep looking for problems now, so that when we finish this plant it will be safe and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31435]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will keep looking for problems now, so that when we finish this plant it will be safe and it will operate as designed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27934]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better. - "A Word to the Wizards".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my intellect, I may divide [faith and works], just as in the candle I know there is both light ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7800]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my intellect, I may divide [faith and works], just as in the candle I know there is both light and heat; yet put out the candle, and both are gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beside Jesus, the whole lot of us are so contemptible... But God is like Jesus, and like Jesus, He will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beside Jesus, the whole lot of us are so contemptible... But God is like Jesus, and like Jesus, He will not give up until we, too, are like Jesus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past orpresent are certain to miss the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past orpresent are certain to miss the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But great individual talent isn't what wins games in the NBA. The guys have to all be on the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31927]]></link><description><![CDATA[But great individual talent isn't what wins games in the NBA. The guys have to all be on the same page to win. I'm not sure they had that last season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21395]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funeral. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funeral.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39646</guid></item></channel></rss>