<?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[Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody roots for Goliath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody roots for Goliath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If hard work were really a virtue, then mules would be saints. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18732]]></link><description><![CDATA[If hard work were really a virtue, then mules would be saints.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[JBoss - Its free, and it doesn't suck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23142]]></link><description><![CDATA[JBoss - Its free, and it doesn't suck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The land is exceptionally beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39578]]></link><description><![CDATA[The land is exceptionally beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a sheltering tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a sheltering tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit  Is feather'd oftentimes with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit  Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoemaker, stick to your last. [Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shoemaker, stick to your last. [Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40813]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12962]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is esteemed for gay garments but by fools and women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the shadows of tree-trunks and shadows of leaves Interlace with low voices and footsteps and sunlight To divide us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32119]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the shadows of tree-trunks and shadows of leaves Interlace with low voices and footsteps and sunlight To divide us forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last night I had a revelationSomehow I have to make you payIt's all about manipulationAnd what it takes to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last night I had a revelationSomehow I have to make you payIt's all about manipulationAnd what it takes to get my wayI don't believe in soft solutionsNo one makes a fool of meWithout receiving retributionNo one hurts me and goes freeI'll play on your fears, I'll leave you in tearsYou'll never be the same, my friendYou're walking a line, it's a matter of timeYou'll never rest easy againI've got the power to bring you downI've heard it said, to err is humanIt's forgiveness that's divineI thought about forgiving you, butI want revenge, I want what's mineI think it's time to settle scores nowIt's time to set the record straightYou'll know it's coming, you won't know howOr when, you'll have to watch and waitI'll play on your fears, I'll leave you in tearsYou'll never be the same, my friendYou're walking a line, it's a matter of timeYou'll never rest easy againI've got the power to bring you downYou know, it feels intoxicatingTo be intimidatingIt's invigoratingTo see you shakingI've got the power to bring you downYou know something, you see it coming, You know I will stop at nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like feather-bed betwixt a wall And heavy brunt of cannon ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like feather-bed betwixt a wall And heavy brunt of cannon ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66707]]></link><description><![CDATA[I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47905]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60855]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60646]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6114]]></link><description><![CDATA[All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675  The valley of the shadow of death holds no darkness for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675  The valley of the shadow of death holds no darkness for the child of God. There must be light, else there could be no shadow. Jesus is the light. He has overcome death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fine woman shows her charms to most advantage when she seems most to conceal them. The finest bosom in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2834]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fine woman shows her charms to most advantage when she seems most to conceal them. The finest bosom in nature is not so fine as what imagination forms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand, Whistling aloud to bear his courage up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the little people pay taxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the little people pay taxes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain? The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,  That starts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58786]]></link><description><![CDATA[What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain? The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,  That starts at once--bright pure--from Pity's mine,   Already polish'd by the hand divine!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew there was going to be some serious hitting going on, but I tell you what. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37469]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew there was going to be some serious hitting going on, but I tell you what.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My arms have mutinied against me — brutes!My fingers fidget like ten idle brats,My back's been stiff for hours, damned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62241]]></link><description><![CDATA[My arms have mutinied against me — brutes!My fingers fidget like ten idle brats,My back's been stiff for hours, damned hours.Death never gives his squad a Stand-at-ease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36991]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are talking now of summer evenings in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the time that I lived there so successfully disguised to myself as a child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been a real shot in the arm for the tie business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35655]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been a real shot in the arm for the tie business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18705]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. Every person in this life has something to teach me - and as soon as I accept that, I open myself to truly listening. -John Lahr.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who earlyin life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22383]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who earlyin life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habituallydirects his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observationstrengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly andresolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love rules his kingdome without a sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love rules his kingdome without a sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A goal without a plan is just a wish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A goal without a plan is just a wish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49540]]></link><description><![CDATA[In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51416]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel! I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago, And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The windflower and the violet, they perished long ago, And the brier-rose and the orchis died amid the summer glow;  But on the hills the golden-rod, and the aster in the wood,   And the yellow sunflower by the brook, in autumn beauty stood,    Till fell the first from the clear cold heaven, as falls the plague on men,     And the brightness of their smile was gone, from upland glade and glen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a player that we've been looking at for a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29252]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a player that we've been looking at for a long time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44247</guid></item></channel></rss>