<?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[Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind that broods o'er guilty woes Is like a scorpion girt by fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind that broods o'er guilty woes Is like a scorpion girt by fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2687]]></link><description><![CDATA[So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until one has loved an animal a part of one\'s soul remains unawakened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until one has loved an animal a part of one\'s soul remains unawakened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22429]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to live-I want to love first, and live incidentally. -Zelda Fitzgerald. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14797]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to live-I want to love first, and live incidentally. -Zelda Fitzgerald.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was outstanding from the beginning. She was a monster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28818]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was outstanding from the beginning. She was a monster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessary; therefore, it is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21324]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessary; therefore, it is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17811]]></link><description><![CDATA[I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always safety in valor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60321]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always safety in valor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharks have been swimming the oceans unchallenged for thousands of years; chances are, the species that roams corporate waters will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharks have been swimming the oceans unchallenged for thousands of years; chances are, the species that roams corporate waters will prove just as hardy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. [Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime congregantur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. [Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio, cum paribus facillime congregantur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than discover the sense of his heart deserves to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57345]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than discover the sense of his heart deserves to have it pulled out like a traitor's and shown publicly to the rabble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In communities where men build ships for their own sons to fish or fight from, quality is never a problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27743]]></link><description><![CDATA[In communities where men build ships for their own sons to fish or fight from, quality is never a problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our investment portfolio continues to contribute positively to the group's result, despite an increase in Foxtel losses, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our investment portfolio continues to contribute positively to the group's result, despite an increase in Foxtel losses,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46591]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute-and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12460]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find it's as hard to live down an early triumph as an early indiscretion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12735]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't hit a home run with a witness who has admittedly lied for years but all of a sudden, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38288]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't hit a home run with a witness who has admittedly lied for years but all of a sudden, because he has a get-out-of jail-free card, has changed his mind. If the prosecution thinks it hit a home run they're not going to last the full nine innings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been there on World Wars, it's time for World Party I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45585]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been there on World Wars, it's time for World Party I.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air  Or numbly cling and shiver ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3563]]></link><description><![CDATA[What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air  Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone!   How shimmer the low flats and pastures bare,    As with her nectar Hebe Autumn fills     The bowl between me and those distant hills,      And smiles and shakes abroad her misty, tremulous hair!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True praise rootes and spreedes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50021]]></link><description><![CDATA[True praise rootes and spreedes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32313]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51566]]></link><description><![CDATA[When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give outcompletes the circle and comes back to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22419]]></link><description><![CDATA[In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give outcompletes the circle and comes back to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many old ‘philosophies’, and that from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24231]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many old ‘philosophies’, and that from them arise most of the old ‘philosophical’ fights and arguments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb;  Keep clean, be as fruit, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb;  Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch,   Till the white-wing'd reapers come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you a bromide? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are you a bromide?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17364]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65185]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors search for rejection. If they don't get it they reject themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Festination may prove Precipitation; Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Festination may prove Precipitation; Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradox with him was only truth standing on its head to attract attention ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradox with him was only truth standing on its head to attract attention]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness in most cheerful people, is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot, And when fate writ my name it made a blot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43649]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot, And when fate writ my name it made a blot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse. -Diana Cooper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse. -Diana Cooper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship should be more than biting time can sever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[in historical context it has gotten worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28919]]></link><description><![CDATA[in historical context it has gotten worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, as far as I'm concerned (the petition) is coming out of a racist response. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, as far as I'm concerned (the petition) is coming out of a racist response.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet soon fair Spring shall give another scene. And yellow cowslips gild the level green. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet soon fair Spring shall give another scene. And yellow cowslips gild the level green.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63620]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66454</guid></item></channel></rss>