<?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[Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50632]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more revolting than an old busybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43512]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23914]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky. [Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume nicht ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky. [Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume nicht in den Himmel wachsen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing I like about being an actress is acting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34436]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing I like about being an actress is acting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them eat cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them eat cake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's infamous. She was all excited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39755]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's infamous. She was all excited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not go down and sit in front of the computer and make myself write; that's not my style. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65365]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not go down and sit in front of the computer and make myself write; that's not my style.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Pentecost  From his baptism until his return to Galilee, Jesus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Pentecost  From his baptism until his return to Galilee, Jesus lived in the company of the disciples of the Baptist. It was there that he received the first public witness of his Messianic role and found his first followers. The gospel was to be rooted in John's teaching of asceticism and regeneration. But we see from the start that the gospel of Jesus was to be quite different. To the baptism of water would be added the baptism of the Spirit, and the new message was to be addressed to all. The widening of the circle of hearers and converts, which had preoccupied John, was to expand still further with the gospel of Jesus. Of the hundreds of thousands of Jews, the Essenes only regarded as saved a few thousand elect. Jesus was soon to offer the Covenant of God to all men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the usual trimmings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13188]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the usual trimmings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every really new idea looks crazy at first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every really new idea looks crazy at first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our goal is to help everyone be involved in the full life of the church, not just Sunday morning services. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our goal is to help everyone be involved in the full life of the church, not just Sunday morning services.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, brothers! let us leave the shame and sin Of taking vainly in a plaintive mood,  The holy name ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18326]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, brothers! let us leave the shame and sin Of taking vainly in a plaintive mood,  The holy name of Grief--holy herein,   That, by the grief of One, came all our good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to do what we always do. We'll play smart on defense. They're a very athletic team, but everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41983]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to do what we always do. We'll play smart on defense. They're a very athletic team, but everyone knows Division 3 North runs through Lynn Tech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61215]]></link><description><![CDATA[How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coward threatens when he is safe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coward threatens when he is safe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unions are seeing the reality of the situation. Their jobs and the future of their airlines are in very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unions are seeing the reality of the situation. Their jobs and the future of their airlines are in very deep jeopardy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas. In times of crises ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52160]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas. In times of crises these men need the guidance of some kind of theory; but, being unfamiliar with the field of ideas, they do not know that alternatives to the popular theories are possible. They know only what they have always been taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing the long bond tell us that the Fed's decision was proper from an inflation perspective. Long-term interest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42199]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing the long bond tell us that the Fed's decision was proper from an inflation perspective. Long-term interest rates are coming down slightly, moving from 7 percent to about 6.95 percent at the this point in time. So the market isn't worried about inflation. The market thinks the Fed's decision was right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be sure that it is a mistaken devotion which interferes with the duties of your natural state of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be sure that it is a mistaken devotion which interferes with the duties of your natural state of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And mo the merier is a Prouerbe eke. [The more the merrier.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27410]]></link><description><![CDATA[And mo the merier is a Prouerbe eke. [The more the merrier.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54024]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when their dining room and kitchen staffs are still practicing?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm so ugly - My father carries around a picture of the kid who came with his wallet ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15408]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm so ugly - My father carries around a picture of the kid who came with his wallet]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64036]]></link><description><![CDATA[His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A driver is a king on a vinyl bucket-seat throne, changing direction with the turn of a wheel, changing the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13019]]></link><description><![CDATA[A driver is a king on a vinyl bucket-seat throne, changing direction with the turn of a wheel, changing the climate with a flick of the button, changing the music with the switch of a dial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clouds,--the only birds that never sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clouds,--the only birds that never sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50994]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been caught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43680]]></link><description><![CDATA[In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23307]]></link><description><![CDATA[You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just cash in on the fact that I'm good looking, and I've got a nice figure and girls like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52585]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just cash in on the fact that I'm good looking, and I've got a nice figure and girls like me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suicide would be my way of telling God that I quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suicide would be my way of telling God that I quit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46034]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An infant when it gazes on a light, A child the moment when it drains the breast,  A devotee ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23418]]></link><description><![CDATA[An infant when it gazes on a light, A child the moment when it drains the breast,  A devotee when soars the Host in sight,   An Arab with a stranger for a guest,    A sailor when the prize has struck in fight,     A miser filling his most hoarded chest,      Feel rapture; but not such true joy are reaping       As they who watch o'er what they love while sleeping.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65989]]></link><description><![CDATA[It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we played bad. They just hit the ball (well). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we played bad. They just hit the ball (well).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On reforms, the decision has been taken and broad outlines drawn but they now need to be activated ... the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36205]]></link><description><![CDATA[On reforms, the decision has been taken and broad outlines drawn but they now need to be activated ... the speech should be comprehensive and positive on domestic issues,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All autobiography is self-indulgent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3226]]></link><description><![CDATA[All autobiography is self-indulgent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of our ancestors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of our ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53837</guid></item></channel></rss>