<?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[If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4871]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a Communist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38796]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46304]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weeds are shallow-rooted, Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,  And choke the herbs for want of husbandry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weeds are shallow-rooted, Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,  And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politeness is only one half good manners and the other half good lying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossip is the art of saying nothing in such a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossip is the art of saying nothing in such a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it was there, perhaps it dissipated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33721]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it was there, perhaps it dissipated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An empty stomach is not a good political adviser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66758]]></link><description><![CDATA[An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47570]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687  The Church is her true self only when she exists for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687  The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy. The clergy should live solely on the free-will offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We keep going back, stronger, not weaker, because we will not allow rejection to beat us down. It will only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53253]]></link><description><![CDATA[We keep going back, stronger, not weaker, because we will not allow rejection to beat us down. It will only strengthen our resolve. To be successful there is no other way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am still progressing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15204]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am still progressing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64694]]></link><description><![CDATA[For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915  All love in general hath an assimilating efficacy; it casts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915  All love in general hath an assimilating efficacy; it casts the mind into the mould of the thing beloved... Every approach unto God by ardent love and delight is transfiguring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of Hell, or aiming to be blest, Savors too much of private interest. This moved not Moses, nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6750]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of Hell, or aiming to be blest, Savors too much of private interest. This moved not Moses, nor the zealous Paul, Who for their friends abandoned soul and all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry is like a rocking chair--it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry is like a rocking chair--it gives you something to do but it doesn't get you anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. Just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29795]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. Just as they made rivers of blood flow in our countries, we will make volcanoes of anger erupt in their countries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though I felt like crying, I did my very best to smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though I felt like crying, I did my very best to smile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is not good language which all understand not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49787]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is not good language which all understand not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world still consists of two clearly divided groups: the English and the foreigners. One group consists of less than 50 million people; the other of 3,950 million. The latter group does not really count.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2822]]></link><description><![CDATA[By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such a wife as I want... must be young, handsome I lay most stress upon a good shape, sensible a little learning will do, well-bread, chaste, and tender. As to religion, a moderate stock will satisfy me. She must believe in God and hate a saint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a good Milan. We played well after being only partially convincing in previous games. We wasted a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a good Milan. We played well after being only partially convincing in previous games. We wasted a lot of chances and one has to say that Pagliuca was really good today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity . . . endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity . . . endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This technology is the heart of the next wave of innovation. The leaders that do this well are able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34612]]></link><description><![CDATA[This technology is the heart of the next wave of innovation. The leaders that do this well are able to rapidly change the way their current businesses work to meet the ever-changing demands of their customers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 1990s customer expects service to be characterized by fast and efficient computer-based systems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15753]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 1990s customer expects service to be characterized by fast and efficient computer-based systems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of the Americans went to Paris to study in the 1880s and absorbed the new style (impressionism) there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of the Americans went to Paris to study in the 1880s and absorbed the new style (impressionism) there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53681]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65187]]></link><description><![CDATA[The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the peculiarities of the American Revolution was that its leaders pinned their hopes on the organization of decision-making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47139]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the peculiarities of the American Revolution was that its leaders pinned their hopes on the organization of decision-making units, the structuring of their incentives, and the counterbalancing of the units against one another, rather than on the more usual (and more exciting) principle of substituting "the good guys" for "the bad guys.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're here to endorse the plan of Kevin Helfer. We've read the plan, we like the plan and that's why ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33833]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're here to endorse the plan of Kevin Helfer. We've read the plan, we like the plan and that's why we're here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As our everyday lives become more hectic, customers are increasingly looking for hassle-free financial products that save both time and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33015]]></link><description><![CDATA[As our everyday lives become more hectic, customers are increasingly looking for hassle-free financial products that save both time and money. Living for Less is a unique mortgage package that does exactly that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're in the middle of a tax revolution, and this is evidence of that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41994]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're in the middle of a tax revolution, and this is evidence of that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55690]]></link><description><![CDATA[No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put himself upon his good behavior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put himself upon his good behavior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2579]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subtlety set a trap and caught itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever I can say or do. I'm sure not much avails;  I shall still Vicar be of Bray,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever I can say or do. I'm sure not much avails;  I shall still Vicar be of Bray,   Whichever side prevails.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never tempted her with word too large, But, as a brother to his sister, show'd Bashful sincerity and comely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55450]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never tempted her with word too large, But, as a brother to his sister, show'd Bashful sincerity and comely love. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16180]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33689]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you're all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It's quite liberating in a way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33689</guid></item></channel></rss>