<?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[She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59151]]></link><description><![CDATA[She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, Antony, take the lot: But, first or last, your fine Egyptian cookery  Shall have the fame. I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13256]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, Antony, take the lot: But, first or last, your fine Egyptian cookery  Shall have the fame. I have heard that Julius Caesar   Grew faw with feasting there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Layer by layer art strips life bare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Layer by layer art strips life bare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10260]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bear and the Two TravelersTwo men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1537]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bear and the Two TravelersTwo men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. The Bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch a dead body. When he was quite gone, the other Traveler descended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend what it was the Bear had whispered in his ear. He gave me this advice, his companion replied. Never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger. Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14785]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never dared be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sentinel angel sitting high in glory Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:  "Have mercy, mighty angel, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27338]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sentinel angel sitting high in glory Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:  "Have mercy, mighty angel, hear my story!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king reigns but does not govern. [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54446]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king reigns but does not govern. [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My family is my strength and my weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66195]]></link><description><![CDATA[My family is my strength and my weakness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's really courageous, really has a lot of heart to get out there and do what she did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39615]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's really courageous, really has a lot of heart to get out there and do what she did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poppies hung Dew-dabbed on their stalks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47685]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poppies hung Dew-dabbed on their stalks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot masturbate]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/69]]></link><description><![CDATA[Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/69</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love is beyond, what man can define, for love is immortal, and God's gift is divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the skillful direct it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45014]]></link><description><![CDATA[The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the skillful direct it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These legislators did the right thing and recognized the importance of letting Wisconsin citizens have their say in November. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39293]]></link><description><![CDATA[These legislators did the right thing and recognized the importance of letting Wisconsin citizens have their say in November.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They just had that one inning. That was a high school baseball inning. They got walks and errors and one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32481]]></link><description><![CDATA[They just had that one inning. That was a high school baseball inning. They got walks and errors and one hit. You don't see a lot of teams stringing six and seven hits together to score runs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've known my lady (for she loves a tune) For fevers take an opera in June:  And, though perhaps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've known my lady (for she loves a tune) For fevers take an opera in June:  And, though perhaps you'll think the practice bold,   A midnight park is sov'reign for a cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's a jailhouse snitch who stole my client's stuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29212]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's a jailhouse snitch who stole my client's stuff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, a good life, a great life is about "Why not?" May we never forget it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, a good life, a great life is about "Why not?" May we never forget it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to deliberate mortifications -- I take it you do feel satisfied that you accept fully those God sends. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7464]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to deliberate mortifications -- I take it you do feel satisfied that you accept fully those God sends. That being so, you might perhaps do one or two little things, as acts of love, and also as discipline. I suggest by preference the mortification of the tongue -- as being very tiresome and quite harmless to the health. Careful guard on all amusing criticisms of others, on all complaints however casual or trivial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a real go-getter. He's got a lot of energy and strong beliefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41213]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a real go-getter. He's got a lot of energy and strong beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47178]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we must And not what we would be. I know that one hour  Assures not another. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12070]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we must And not what we would be. I know that one hour  Assures not another. The will and the power   Are diverse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The red wine first must rise In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em  Talk us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58624]]></link><description><![CDATA[The red wine first must rise In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em  Talk us to silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character matters; leadership descends from character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character matters; leadership descends from character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In violence, we forget who we are ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60663]]></link><description><![CDATA[In violence, we forget who we are]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He grabbed that rail, ... He just hadn't realized that we had switched on the electricity yet, and that's what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38168]]></link><description><![CDATA[He grabbed that rail, ... He just hadn't realized that we had switched on the electricity yet, and that's what we're going to do with this television ad as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having that guy in the lineup makes a difference. He's going to scare some people. I was definitely surprised by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having that guy in the lineup makes a difference. He's going to scare some people. I was definitely surprised by the double. He missed so much time and on his first at-bat ? boom! He's a special player.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do whatever needs to be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41547]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do whatever needs to be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For violent fires soon burn out themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51501]]></link><description><![CDATA[For violent fires soon burn out themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54691]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two lousy choices is no better than seven lousy choices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two lousy choices is no better than seven lousy choices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeper than did ever plummet sound I 'll drown my book. -The Tempest. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeper than did ever plummet sound I 'll drown my book. -The Tempest. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mind is not a bed to be made and remade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36979]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mind is not a bed to be made and remade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time you get to your ball, if you don't know what to do with it, try another sport. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57754]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time you get to your ball, if you don't know what to do with it, try another sport.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played well in the transition game and we were able to clear the ball 18 times. We did well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30913]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played well in the transition game and we were able to clear the ball 18 times. We did well passing and catching and we were much sharper in that area (yesterday) than we have been the previous two games. McCarthy has really picked up his game and Rooney obviously sets the tone on offense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59288]]></link><description><![CDATA[In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All colors will agree in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48123]]></link><description><![CDATA[All colors will agree in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are faults we would fain pardon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50359]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are faults we would fain pardon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's all priced in; we hope that the trade data may take the real and the bourse higher this week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35000]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's all priced in; we hope that the trade data may take the real and the bourse higher this week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55506]]></link><description><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55506</guid></item></channel></rss>