<?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 would help others out of a fellow-feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23751]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would help others out of a fellow-feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present condition of fame is merely fashion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15128]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present condition of fame is merely fashion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, you know, when I talked about the $87 billion, I made a mistake in how I talk about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, you know, when I talked about the $87 billion, I made a mistake in how I talk about the war. But the president made a mistake in invading Iraq. Which is worse?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But every fool describes, in these bright days, His wondrous journey to some foreign court,  And spawns his quarto, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3519]]></link><description><![CDATA[But every fool describes, in these bright days, His wondrous journey to some foreign court,  And spawns his quarto, and demands your praise,--   Death to his publisher, to him 'tis sport.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealist: a cynic in the making. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealist: a cynic in the making.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water a farre off quencheth not fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water a farre off quencheth not fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black cat or white cat, it's a good cat that catches the mice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black cat or white cat, it's a good cat that catches the mice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really normally have four kids that can score. Today, the kids' shots just weren't falling. I thought they did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28725]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really normally have four kids that can score. Today, the kids' shots just weren't falling. I thought they did a great job defensively.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60092]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only want people around me who can do the impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34425]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only want people around me who can do the impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is never finished, only abandoned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is never finished, only abandoned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26465]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted person in another person's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted person in another person's life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This many-headed monster, Multitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52461]]></link><description><![CDATA[This many-headed monster, Multitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor were hungry, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/990]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor were hungry, they called me a communist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more; it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bardot, Byron, Hitler, Hemingway, Monroe, Sade: we do not require our heroes to be subtle, just to be big. Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bardot, Byron, Hitler, Hemingway, Monroe, Sade: we do not require our heroes to be subtle, just to be big. Then we can depend on someone to make them subtle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8110]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting -- it has been found demanding, and not tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health food makes me sick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health food makes me sick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is full of good meanings and wishings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26043]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm thrilled to be adding Shawn to our administrative team. He brings a lot to the table. ... Being a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29866]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm thrilled to be adding Shawn to our administrative team. He brings a lot to the table. ... Being a native of Wisconsin, he knows our state. We are getting a very well-rounded and bright person to join our staff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chris [Henderson], our guitar player, has eight feet of water in his house, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chris [Henderson], our guitar player, has eight feet of water in his house,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold fast to youth and beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold fast to youth and beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11511]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what world calls a romance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5083]]></link><description><![CDATA[I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heap on more wood! the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15879]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all boil at different degrees ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19945]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all boil at different degrees]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kid and the WolfA kid standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Kid and the WolfA kid standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf passing by and immediately began to taunt and revile him. The Wolf, looking up, said, Sirrah! I hear thee: yet it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing. Time and place often give the advantage to the weak over the strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12445]]></link><description><![CDATA[It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides; in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8232]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He may step into sensitive areas that could harm the security of the US Government or other countries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42215]]></link><description><![CDATA[He may step into sensitive areas that could harm the security of the US Government or other countries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power, andinfluence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power, andinfluence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22456</guid></item></channel></rss>