<?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[I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28035]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are harping on the same string. [Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9875]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are harping on the same string. [Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind union ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind union of the two will preserve an independent reality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church on earth is a cross-eyed church, with one eye on God in His heavenly benediction, and one eye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7194]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Church on earth is a cross-eyed church, with one eye on God in His heavenly benediction, and one eye on the needy world of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We talked at the end of last year and I told him he had the talent. He was our catalyst ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39949]]></link><description><![CDATA[We talked at the end of last year and I told him he had the talent. He was our catalyst and deserved it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What think you, if he were conveyed to bed, Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers,  A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26088]]></link><description><![CDATA[What think you, if he were conveyed to bed, Wrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers,  A most delicious banquet by his bed,   And brave attendants near him when he wakes,    Would not the beggar then forget himself?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61904]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Year's Day is every man's birthday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64514]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Year's Day is every man's birthday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fighter has to know fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44340]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fighter has to know fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do something really bad the first time, and no one will ever think of asking you again ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do something really bad the first time, and no one will ever think of asking you again]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28168]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was no interest at all. My friend asked me to go, so I did. He must have been tired ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39364]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was no interest at all. My friend asked me to go, so I did. He must have been tired or something, because he didn't speak a word. So I thought, 'What a boring guy.' I actually left pretty early.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all very much excited. We had a chance last year, but we got shot down before the Top 28. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40787]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all very much excited. We had a chance last year, but we got shot down before the Top 28. The whole community is coming together behind this team this year. Different people are hosting events to show their support.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46982]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26826]]></link><description><![CDATA[A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46177]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["So the Bluebirds have contracted, have they, for a house? And a next is under way for little Mr. Wren?" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4365]]></link><description><![CDATA["So the Bluebirds have contracted, have they, for a house? And a next is under way for little Mr. Wren?"  "Hush, dear, hush! Be quiet, dear! quiet as a mouse.   These are weighty secrets, and we must whisper them."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most difficult task facing us today is to persuade the person who is enjoying Christian culture and Christian standards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7635]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most difficult task facing us today is to persuade the person who is enjoying Christian culture and Christian standards that these do not survive of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3463]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why was I born with such contemporaries? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why was I born with such contemporaries?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This should not have been reported as an in kind contribution and it's unfortunate that these members put the party ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30949]]></link><description><![CDATA[This should not have been reported as an in kind contribution and it's unfortunate that these members put the party in this situation,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12698]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ's grave was the birthplace of an indestructible belief that death is vanquished and there is life eternal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is little evidence that mandatory emissions caps actually work. For example, since signing the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36324]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is little evidence that mandatory emissions caps actually work. For example, since signing the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, which mandates the reduction of carbon emissions, both Canada and Greece have seen a nearly 25 percent increase in emissions. According to the European Environment Agency, 13 EU nations that signed onto the Kyoto Protocol are on track to miss their 2010 emissions targets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as women are afraid of receiving, men are afraid of giving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as women are afraid of receiving, men are afraid of giving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buy houses from people in almost any area, any condition, or price range. I specialize in finding creative solutions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38566]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buy houses from people in almost any area, any condition, or price range. I specialize in finding creative solutions to real estate problems that others won't touch. I handle all of the paperwork, make all the arrangements, and close within a few days if necessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our expectations are always high. They are learning how to win, and I feel like they'll do that in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our expectations are always high. They are learning how to win, and I feel like they'll do that in the second round, because they are playing with such confidence right now and that makes a difference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools build houses, and wise men buy them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not much of a surprise that the job has been given to him. Pretty much since Day 1 on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32989]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not much of a surprise that the job has been given to him. Pretty much since Day 1 on the job a couple of weeks ago, he's been working on that file.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You make trade offs: do you want to get everything that's relevant or do you want to miss some things? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41803]]></link><description><![CDATA[You make trade offs: do you want to get everything that's relevant or do you want to miss some things? The feedback I'm hearing from companies is, if you can get them 50 per cent or 80 percent there, that makes a huge impact,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats and monkeys -- monkeys and cats -- all human life is there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats and monkeys -- monkeys and cats -- all human life is there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52258]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and must compensate for what they miss by realizing and cultivating their capacities and talents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20942]]></link><description><![CDATA[The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8740]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe the game is a little bit quicker and guys don't have as much energy. They hear that whistle and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe the game is a little bit quicker and guys don't have as much energy. They hear that whistle and maybe everyone is just happy to get off the ice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wear my Pen as others do their Sword. To each affronting sot I meet, the word  Is Satisfaction: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54710]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wear my Pen as others do their Sword. To each affronting sot I meet, the word  Is Satisfaction: straight to thrusts I go,   And pointed satire runs him through and through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honor lies in honest toil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honor lies in honest toil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2858]]></link><description><![CDATA[It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside. [Fr., L'honneur est comme une ile escarpee et sans bords;  On n'y peut plus rentrer des qu'on en est dehors.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who letwell enough alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22667]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who letwell enough alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you wonder for what reason, Theodorus, notwithstanding your frequent requests and importunities, I have never presented you with my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you wonder for what reason, Theodorus, notwithstanding your frequent requests and importunities, I have never presented you with my works? I have an excellent reason; it is lest you should present me with yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63836]]></link><description><![CDATA[People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53880]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35617]]></link><description><![CDATA[But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or see them drown in foamy draughts of old nut-brown, then I do wear the crown, without the cross!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's never been here and she doesn't realize that it will come down to her. She's about to puke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33415]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's never been here and she doesn't realize that it will come down to her. She's about to puke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To discover joy is to return to a state of oneness with the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44910]]></link><description><![CDATA[To discover joy is to return to a state of oneness with the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1297</guid></item></channel></rss>