<?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[A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17813]]></link><description><![CDATA[A ball will always come to rest halfway down a hill, unless there is sand or water at the bottom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And let our barks across the pathless flood Hold different courses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56183]]></link><description><![CDATA[And let our barks across the pathless flood Hold different courses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to play less physical and knock the ball around more than we were before playing Arapahoe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to play less physical and knock the ball around more than we were before playing Arapahoe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66227]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47186]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good horses make short miles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good horses make short miles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In yonder pensile orb, and every sphere That gems the starry girdle of the year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57826]]></link><description><![CDATA[In yonder pensile orb, and every sphere That gems the starry girdle of the year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pansies? You praise the ones that grow today Here in the garden; had you seen the place  When Sutherland ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pansies? You praise the ones that grow today Here in the garden; had you seen the place  When Sutherland was living!   Here they grew,    From blue to deeper blue, in midst of each     A golden dazzle like a glimmering star,      Each broader, bigger than a silver crown;       While here the weaver sat, his labor done,        Watching his azure pets and rearing them,         Until they seem'd to know his step and touch,          And stir beneath his smile like living things:           The very sunshine loved them, and would lie            Here happy, coming early, lingering late,             Because they were so fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn."Eat arsenic? Yes, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10203]]></link><description><![CDATA[ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn."Eat arsenic? Yes, all you get," Consenting, he did speak up;"'Tis better you should eat it, pet, Than put it in my teacup." --Joel Huck]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee, But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun  Thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet spirit immortal, the tomb cannot bind thee, But like thine own eagle that soars to the sun  Thou springest from bondage and leavest behind thee   A name which before thee no mortal hath won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good clothes open all doors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good clothes open all doors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you refuse to take the turn. -Anon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you refuse to take the turn. -Anon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55577]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter Because upon the first glad Easter day The stone that sealed His tomb was rolled away, So, through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Easter Because upon the first glad Easter day The stone that sealed His tomb was rolled away, So, through the deepening shadows of death's night, Men see an open door ... beyond it, light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the light and comfort of the outward world keeps even the worst men from any constant strong sensibility of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the light and comfort of the outward world keeps even the worst men from any constant strong sensibility of that wrathful, fiery, dark and self-tormenting nature that is the very essence of every fallen unregenerate soul, yet every man in the world has more or less frequent and strong intimations given him that so it is with him in the inmost ground of his soul. How many inventions are some people forced to have recourse to in order to keep off a certain inward uneasiness, which they are afraid of and know not whence it comes? Alas, it is because there is a fallen spirit, a dark, aching fire, within them, which has never had its proper relief and is trying to discover itself and calling out for help at every cessation of worldly joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988  We must confess our sins in order to obtain pardon; but we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988  We must confess our sins in order to obtain pardon; but we must see our sins in order to confess. How few of those who think that they have confessed and been pardoned have ever seen their sin!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51442]]></link><description><![CDATA[How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is its own reward, but then so is sin! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is its own reward, but then so is sin!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I worked on whatever I have to on whatever team in practice. I work hard in everything as hard as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31512]]></link><description><![CDATA[I worked on whatever I have to on whatever team in practice. I work hard in everything as hard as I can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All beings are beautiful seen through eyes of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25891]]></link><description><![CDATA[All beings are beautiful seen through eyes of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why --but the editorialists forget it --terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5265]]></link><description><![CDATA[My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/317]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28395]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the same intent in terms of a general basis, but when you look at the very top box of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31178]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the same intent in terms of a general basis, but when you look at the very top box of those who are 'very likely' to buy a home, that's where you're seeing the decrease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will... Once I would make much ado, if I saw not the world carved and set in order to my liking; now I am silent, when I see God... is fattening and feeding the children of perdition. I pray God, I may never find my will again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people s ofull of doubts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only is it harder to be a man, it is also harder to become one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only is it harder to be a man, it is also harder to become one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17647]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48688]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see where Bill Belichick wore a navy blue shirt during (last week's) opener. What, he has abandoned that gray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37858]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see where Bill Belichick wore a navy blue shirt during (last week's) opener. What, he has abandoned that gray sweatshirt he borrowed from the Unabomber?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cankers of a calm world and a long peace. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55891]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cankers of a calm world and a long peace. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been there on World Wars, it's time for World Party I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45585]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been there on World Wars, it's time for World Party I.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66839]]></link><description><![CDATA[For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course one should not drink much, but often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15685]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49825]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like men who have a future and women who have a past ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27001]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like men who have a future and women who have a past]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hire the best. Pay them fairly. Communicate frequently. Provide challenges and rewards. Believe in them. Get out of their way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hire the best. Pay them fairly. Communicate frequently. Provide challenges and rewards. Believe in them. Get out of their way and they'll knock your socks off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks. [Lat., Beneficia usque eo laeta sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse; ubi multum antevenere pro gratia odium redditur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who lets time rule him will live the life of a slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14562]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who lets time rule him will live the life of a slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in your imagination can you revise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in your imagination can you revise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So still we glide down to the sea Of fathomless eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51100]]></link><description><![CDATA[So still we glide down to the sea Of fathomless eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51100</guid></item></channel></rss>