<?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 change the belief first, changing the action is easier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21469]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43228]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1773]]></link><description><![CDATA[A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother would say it is literally ghost writerswho come to me(Tan is the author of what became The Joy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58756]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother would say it is literally ghost writerswho come to me(Tan is the author of what became The Joy Luck Club).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46413]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Style is the perfection of a point of view ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Style is the perfection of a point of view]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it is bolstering management rather than bringing in someone who is going to say yes to a bid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it is bolstering management rather than bringing in someone who is going to say yes to a bid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll. He thought of the woman. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61890]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll. He thought of the woman. Now he would have given all he had or ever might have to hold her warm in his arms, both of them wrapped in one blanket, and sleep. All hopes of eternity and all gain from the past he would have given to have her there, to be wrapped warm with him in one blanket, and sleep, only sleep. It seemed the sleep with the woman in his arms was the only necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I got the sun in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks - I got the sun in the mornin' and the moon at night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of the friend who was once your foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of the friend who was once your foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46373]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace. Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God - the rest will be given.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like the chance to do a little more performing before I become too old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28884]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like the chance to do a little more performing before I become too old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men don't know much about women. We do know when they're happy. We know when they're crying, and we know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men don't know much about women. We do know when they're happy. We know when they're crying, and we know when they're pissed off. We just don't know in what order these are gonna come at us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49322]]></link><description><![CDATA[He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you don't have the facts, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9902]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you don't have the facts, you argue the law; if you have neither the facts nor the law, then you argue the Constitution]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never practice two vices at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never practice two vices at once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom sails with wind and time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom sails with wind and time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[" Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14654]]></link><description><![CDATA[" Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can and take the winding paths. Experience the exhilaration of the view from the edge. Because the moments spent there, that take your breath away, are what make you feel truly alive."--- Copyright © 2000 Stacey Charter]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4915]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and continually beating her]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the first time in history, a private company is organizing a mission to the moon, ... This mission will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34588]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first time in history, a private company is organizing a mission to the moon, ... This mission will inspire countries of the world, citizens ... our youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44573]]></link><description><![CDATA[O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61478]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill's knowledge of the industry will be of great value as we work toward a smooth transition of PacifiCorp into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bill's knowledge of the industry will be of great value as we work toward a smooth transition of PacifiCorp into the MidAmerican organization. Bill has been an outstanding leader for Nebraska Public Power District.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19462]]></link><description><![CDATA[True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26547]]></link><description><![CDATA[House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every pang that rends the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every pang that rends the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then he danced;--all foreigners excel The serious Angles in the eloquence  Of pantomime;--he danced, I say right well, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11025]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then he danced;--all foreigners excel The serious Angles in the eloquence  Of pantomime;--he danced, I say right well,   With emphasis, and also with good sense--    A thing in footing indispensable:     He danced without theatrical pretence,      Not like a ballet-master in the van       Of his drill'd nymphs, but like a gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me [the pope] was the incarnation of all that is capitalism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42344]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me [the pope] was the incarnation of all that is capitalism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could I come near your beauty with my nails, I 'd set my ten commandments in your face. -King Henry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Could I come near your beauty with my nails, I 'd set my ten commandments in your face. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whip me such honest knaves! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whip me such honest knaves!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth with us lies in obedience to the new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61393]]></link><description><![CDATA[It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World axiom--Richesse oblige.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61393</guid></item></channel></rss>