<?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[Every pang that rends the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every pang that rends the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66047]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: "Give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: "Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. -Jonathan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want. -Jonathan Swift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. - My Summer in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. - My Summer in a Garden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637   Some men, not content with [Christ] ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637   Some men, not content with [Christ] alone, are borne hither and thither from one hope to another; even if they concern themselves chiefly with him, they nevertheless stray from the right way in turning some part of their thinking in another direction. Yet such distrust cannot creep in where men have once for all truly known the abundance of his blessings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61094]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12682]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes. [Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes. [Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy. [He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that goes to bed thirsty riseth healthy. [He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26389]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16528]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . And when my lips meet thine Thy very soul is wedded unto mine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23817]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . And when my lips meet thine Thy very soul is wedded unto mine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it doesn't work out how you want it to. I really put down the best run I could. Sometimes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it doesn't work out how you want it to. I really put down the best run I could. Sometimes you get in and sometimes you don't. But the judges do the best they can. If they saw something that kept me out of the top three, I have to respect that and keep working on my riding. All I can do is improve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charisma, the celebrity, around John Paul was so strong that, in a way, the religious significance of the event ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charisma, the celebrity, around John Paul was so strong that, in a way, the religious significance of the event sort of fades from view. Benedict is obviously determined that is not going to happen. He's trying very hard to make sure the focus is on the ritual, not the person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66559]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12187]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fox and the MonkeyA monkey once danced in an assembly of the Beasts, and so pleased them all by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1572]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fox and the MonkeyA monkey once danced in an assembly of the Beasts, and so pleased them all by his performance that they elected him their King. A Fox, envying him the honor, discovered a piece of meat lying in a trap, and leading the Monkey to the place where it was, said that she had found a store, but had not used it, she had kept it for him as treasure trove of his kingdom, and counseled him to lay hold of it. The Monkey approached carelessly and was caught in the trap; and on his accusing the Fox of purposely leading him into the snare, she replied, O Monkey, and are you, with such a mind as yours, going to be King over the Beasts?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9421]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live and Let Live Meat Market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live and Let Live Meat Market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We compliment ourselves on being a pressure team. There is no magic to it. Our players just understand how important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34081]]></link><description><![CDATA[We compliment ourselves on being a pressure team. There is no magic to it. Our players just understand how important special teams can be in every game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me that after 12 years of lawlessness and disorder that we would be able to hold an ideal democratic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me that after 12 years of lawlessness and disorder that we would be able to hold an ideal democratic election in just a year or two. What's important is that we are moving toward democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet, The best house hasn't been planned,  The highest peak hasn't been climbed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet, The best house hasn't been planned,  The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet,   The mightiest rivers aren't spanned;    Don't worry and fret, faint-hearted,     The chances have just begun      For the best jobs haven't been started,       The best work hasn't been done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63255]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except we like it and it makes us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16118]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except we like it and it makes us think and feel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12200]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is that every day we vacillate between examining our hangnails and speculating on cosmic order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4274]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prepared, and that is--twins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/819]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14283]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we look back in three years, there's going to be a higher likelihood that those companies that repatriated substantial ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35056]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we look back in three years, there's going to be a higher likelihood that those companies that repatriated substantial non-U.S. profits have done major transactions compared with companies that have not repatriated assets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43599]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There never was a good war, or a bad peace. -Benjamin Franklin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45988]]></link><description><![CDATA[There never was a good war, or a bad peace. -Benjamin Franklin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is an inhuman word. [Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is an inhuman word. [Lat., Inhumanum verbum est ultio.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People cry after the unsuccessful love not because love ends,but because it still continues, even if it’s over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62858]]></link><description><![CDATA[People cry after the unsuccessful love not because love ends,but because it still continues, even if it’s over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65015]]></link><description><![CDATA[I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust that there were people who could help me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland,we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletionsis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21451]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland,we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletionsis a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He seems to be doing OK. He needs to work on things and develop more consistency. We want him to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38901]]></link><description><![CDATA[He seems to be doing OK. He needs to work on things and develop more consistency. We want him to throw a two-seam fastball more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633  If I be bound to pray for all that be in distress, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633  If I be bound to pray for all that be in distress, surely I am bound, so far as it is in my power, to practice what I pray for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good nature without prudence, is foolishness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good nature without prudence, is foolishness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feelwhen you come in contact with a new idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22389]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feelwhen you come in contact with a new idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm from the city. I could care less what the zoning is out in the country, frankly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm from the city. I could care less what the zoning is out in the country, frankly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9534]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of the world's problems will have a solution until the world's individuals become thoroughly self-educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48318]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of the world's problems will have a solution until the world's individuals become thoroughly self-educated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An agreement is a kind of debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1927]]></link><description><![CDATA[An agreement is a kind of debt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1927</guid></item></channel></rss>