<?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[Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is the price we pay willingly for doing what we are going to do anyway]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That ought to tell you something about him. In that game, he took it upon himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36047]]></link><description><![CDATA[That ought to tell you something about him. In that game, he took it upon himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be,  And do the best to climb, and get to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideas cross mountains, borders, and seas. They go anywhere a man can go... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideas cross mountains, borders, and seas. They go anywhere a man can go...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Man and His Two SweetheartsA middle aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Man and His Two SweetheartsA middle aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point, whenever her admirer visited her, to pull out some portion of his black hairs. The younger, on the contrary, not wishing to become the wife of an old man, was equally zealous in removing every gray hair she could find. Thus it came to pass that between them both he very soon found that he had not a hair left on his head. Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is a momentary itch, love never lets you go ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is a momentary itch, love never lets you go]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would prefer a total stock market fund if it's going to be their only investment, but if it's the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would prefer a total stock market fund if it's going to be their only investment, but if it's the first of many funds I'd go with the S&P 500 Index Fund.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running is one the best solutions to a clear mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running is one the best solutions to a clear mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love is apathy, and hate is really the same as love. If you're so consumed by hatred ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45126]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love is apathy, and hate is really the same as love. If you're so consumed by hatred for someone, you might as well be loving them, because you're thinking about them for the same amount of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If moisture gets in under the glass (covering), it can completely ruin the painting. They also do fade like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39328]]></link><description><![CDATA[If moisture gets in under the glass (covering), it can completely ruin the painting. They also do fade like a watercolor on paper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boredom: the desire for desires ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boredom: the desire for desires]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64648]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entire affection hateth nicer hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Entire affection hateth nicer hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we'd be decent. But we've been better than I thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32829]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we'd be decent. But we've been better than I thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't do this now people will not be able to recover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29099]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't do this now people will not be able to recover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Iran's case is sent to the Security Council, we will respond by many ways, for example by holding back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41292]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Iran's case is sent to the Security Council, we will respond by many ways, for example by holding back on oil sales,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a lot of interaction with regulators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37135]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a lot of interaction with regulators.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65098]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think this is going do extremely well. They'll pack the place, I don't think there is any doubt about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think this is going do extremely well. They'll pack the place, I don't think there is any doubt about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slackers are waiting for their ship to come in, but the haven't wandered down to the docks to meet it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slackers are waiting for their ship to come in, but the haven't wandered down to the docks to meet it. Most times their ship doesn't travel by water anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're really starting to see the strongest influences of the '80s in spring 2006. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36158]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're really starting to see the strongest influences of the '80s in spring 2006.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54187]]></link><description><![CDATA[If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48060]]></link><description><![CDATA[A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Impossible' is not a scientific term. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20655]]></link><description><![CDATA['Impossible' is not a scientific term.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cloning of a human being is intuitively and properly viewed with almost uniform horror, because replication of a human by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cloning of a human being is intuitively and properly viewed with almost uniform horror, because replication of a human by cloning would radically alter the very definition of what a human being is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can do not great things - only small things with great love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2152]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can do not great things - only small things with great love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth. [Lat., O quam cito transit gloria mundi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17548]]></link><description><![CDATA[O how quickly passes away the glory of the earth. [Lat., O quam cito transit gloria mundi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could create two Lawns over from the applicants who weren't selected and still have a fantastic community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37741]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could create two Lawns over from the applicants who weren't selected and still have a fantastic community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170   Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170   Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose. Oh, that God would make me more fruitful and spiritual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26732]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15309]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of Americans think they got a tax cut, and they didn't because their local property tax went up, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14455]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of Americans think they got a tax cut, and they didn't because their local property tax went up, their excise tax went up, their sales tax went up, and their prices went up and everything else, because we failed to invest in some of these other things we ought to be doing. ... We are squeezing the middle class, we are losing the middle class, and the gap between the haves and the have-nots is growing wider and wider, not closing as it used to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is denied we eagerly covet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50806]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is denied we eagerly covet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that the basic philosophy was very good. It was just be nice to each other, and don't step ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40022]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that the basic philosophy was very good. It was just be nice to each other, and don't step on other people's toes and infringe on their freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener, n]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8199]]></link><description><![CDATA[How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pilgrim of Eternity, whose fame Over his living head like Heaven is bent,  An early but enduring monument, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14211]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Pilgrim of Eternity, whose fame Over his living head like Heaven is bent,  An early but enduring monument,   Came, veiling all the lightnings of his song    In sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade.  Where'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade.  Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise,   And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59035]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that's what the storyteller is, and I think it's important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it's all about them, when in reality it's all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few years ago at (The Raven) we hit the ball in places I didn't even know existed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36042]]></link><description><![CDATA[A few years ago at (The Raven) we hit the ball in places I didn't even know existed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since twelve honest men have decided the cause, And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since twelve honest men have decided the cause, And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God for grace, Ye who weep only! If, as some have done,  Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God for grace, Ye who weep only! If, as some have done,  Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert place   And touch but tombs,--look up! Those tears will run    Soon in long rivers down the lifted face,     And leave the vision clear for stars and sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne. [Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un moine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44952]]></link><description><![CDATA[He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne. [Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un moine en Sorbonne.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44952</guid></item></channel></rss>