<?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[The intangibles she offers us are amazing. She allows us to do many different things. And we have a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41930]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intangibles she offers us are amazing. She allows us to do many different things. And we have a lot more weapons than just her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59054]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are here on earth to do good to others. What the othersare here for, I don't know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21690]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are here on earth to do good to others. What the othersare here for, I don't know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48628]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real centre of the household.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life can be seen your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life can be seen your eyes butit is not fully appreciated until it is seen through your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11505]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3440]]></link><description><![CDATA[To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstition is ... religion which is incongruous with intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superstition is ... religion which is incongruous with intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we do meet again, we'll smile indeed; If not, 'tis true this parting was well made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45573]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we do meet again, we'll smile indeed; If not, 'tis true this parting was well made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then press my lips, where plays a flame of bliss,-- A pure and holy love-light,--and forsake  The angel for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then press my lips, where plays a flame of bliss,-- A pure and holy love-light,--and forsake  The angel for the woman in a kiss,   At once I wis,    My soul will wake!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16390]]></link><description><![CDATA[A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The actions of one individual have made many people's lives very difficult, in particular the children who were supposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The actions of one individual have made many people's lives very difficult, in particular the children who were supposed to be moving in to new schools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the girls were more excited than she was. She was in a daze about the whole thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the girls were more excited than she was. She was in a daze about the whole thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42830]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You heard about the Medicare actuary who was forced to fudge the numbers and lie to Congress to keep his job. You heard the falsified numbers in Iraq on everything from the cost of the war to the number of trained Iraqi troops to a slam dunk case for weapons of mass destruction. You heard about the administration sponsored fake newscasts to mislead people all across America.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56343]]></link><description><![CDATA[My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could knowhow seldom they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22666]]></link><description><![CDATA[We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could knowhow seldom they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire. Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow  Of bragging horror. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire. Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow  Of bragging horror. So shall inferior eyes,   That borrow their behaviors from the great,    Grow great by your example and put on     The dauntless spirit of resolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have this agreement, everybody is going to gain, including Poland. And if we don't have this agreement, everybody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41587]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have this agreement, everybody is going to gain, including Poland. And if we don't have this agreement, everybody will lose including Poland.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate!  Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate!  Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures,   He lays for us the pillows straight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62358]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth. [Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches, the incentives to evil, are dug out of the earth. [Lat., Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25665]]></link><description><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear. [Ger., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53890]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear. [Ger., Das Aergste weiss die Welt von mir, und ich  Kann sagen, ich bin besser als mein Ruf.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[desires are dreams,if they are not transformed into deeds.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/398]]></link><description><![CDATA[desires are dreams,if they are not transformed into deeds..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14969]]></link><description><![CDATA[To take up half on trust, and half to try, Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46959]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The multitude of books is making us ignorant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The multitude of books is making us ignorant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't see that conversation going that way at this point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37692]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see that conversation going that way at this point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him: there is always work,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62131]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him: there is always work,  And tools to work withal, for those who will;   And blessed are the horny hand of toil!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an after-life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One type of rice nourishes one hundred types of people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65727]]></link><description><![CDATA[One type of rice nourishes one hundred types of people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45182]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all--he's walking on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48393]]></link><description><![CDATA[A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O welcome pure-ey'd Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14978]]></link><description><![CDATA[O welcome pure-ey'd Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22562]]></link><description><![CDATA[A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[According to some experts, the American Healthcare system is on the brink of failure.] We certainly are in a health ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41452]]></link><description><![CDATA[[According to some experts, the American Healthcare system is on the brink of failure.] We certainly are in a health care crisis, ... If we had set out to design the worst system that we could imagine, we couldn't have imagined one as bad as we have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wolf in Sheep's ClothingOnce upon a time a Wolf resolved to disguise his appearance in order to secure food ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1553]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wolf in Sheep's ClothingOnce upon a time a Wolf resolved to disguise his appearance in order to secure food more easily. Encased in the skin of a sheep, he pastured with the flock deceiving the shepherd by his costume. In the evening he was shut up by the shepherd in the fold; the gate was closed, and the entrance made thoroughly secure. But the shepherd, returning to the fold during the night to obtain meat for the next day, mistakenly caught up the Wolf instead of a sheep, and killed him instantly. Harm seek. Harm find.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose he is putting bums on seats, but he has been getting a wee bit personal with some of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose he is putting bums on seats, but he has been getting a wee bit personal with some of the things he has said. He keeps saying it will be a war, but he has got me more fired up than I've been for any fight and we'll see how he copes when I meet him in the middle of the ring. I think I'm too good and too hot for him to handle. He's never been at this level before and he's in for a shock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15807]]></link><description><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the two are connected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was the difference in the game. He hit everything they threw at him. I'm really happy for Jeff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32500]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was the difference in the game. He hit everything they threw at him. I'm really happy for Jeff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A buddy of mine, [Atlanta rookie] Jeff Francoeur, when he hit his first home run, I saw them give him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30634]]></link><description><![CDATA[A buddy of mine, [Atlanta rookie] Jeff Francoeur, when he hit his first home run, I saw them give him the silent treatment and ignore him. I had an idea that it might be coming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The actor who slapped you on the stage waits behindthe curtain to congratulate you on your performanceSai Babahttp://www.vahini.org/downloads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/447]]></link><description><![CDATA[The actor who slapped you on the stage waits behindthe curtain to congratulate you on your performanceSai Babahttp://www.vahini.org/downloads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23520]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23520</guid></item></channel></rss>