<?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[But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61413]]></link><description><![CDATA[But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties.   - Ik Marvel (pseudonym of Donald G. Mitchell),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast done a deed whereat valour will weep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that I love loses half its pleasure if you are not there to share it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10938]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that I love loses half its pleasure if you are not there to share it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . make the abhorrent eye Roll back and close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . make the abhorrent eye Roll back and close.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has outstanding athletic ability and great hands. We used him at every position you can imagine on the football ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37912]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has outstanding athletic ability and great hands. We used him at every position you can imagine on the football field. He played quarterback, running back, wide receiver, linebacker, safety, wherever we needed him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're a young team. We'll grow from this, and it will only help us in the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35228]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're a young team. We'll grow from this, and it will only help us in the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten years from now I plan to be sitting here, looking out over my land. I hope I'll be writing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ten years from now I plan to be sitting here, looking out over my land. I hope I'll be writing books, but if not, I'll be on my pond fishing with my kids. I feel like the luckiest guy I know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They didn't define what they were going to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37883]]></link><description><![CDATA[They didn't define what they were going to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11533]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Man and His Two SweetheartsA middle aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Man and His Two SweetheartsA middle aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point, whenever her admirer visited her, to pull out some portion of his black hairs. The younger, on the contrary, not wishing to become the wife of an old man, was equally zealous in removing every gray hair she could find. Thus it came to pass that between them both he very soon found that he had not a hair left on his head. Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58644]]></link><description><![CDATA[I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow the dreams and flowers will fade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59461]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow the dreams and flowers will fade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44752]]></link><description><![CDATA[We refused to assume - one of the central obligations of parenthood: to make ourselves the final authority on good and bad, right and wrong, and to take the consequences of what might turn out to be a lifetime battle]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a kind of alacrity in sinking. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55365]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a kind of alacrity in sinking. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tried to get foam on it as soon as we could. Any spark and that whole tanker could have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35564]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tried to get foam on it as soon as we could. Any spark and that whole tanker could have blown,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point in the investigation, there is no indication that he had anything to do with the murders of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33719]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point in the investigation, there is no indication that he had anything to do with the murders of his wife and daughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,  To make the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8905]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,  To make the shifting clouds be what you please,   Or let the easily persuaded eyes    Own each quaint likeness issuing from the mould     Of a friend's fancy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need every partner we can find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33382]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need every partner we can find.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new organization will further enhance the regional identity of our electric distribution businesses and provide a greater focus on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35984]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new organization will further enhance the regional identity of our electric distribution businesses and provide a greater focus on the electric generation business. The leaders of these business units bring a high level of knowledge and experience to their new positions with the common objective to deliver outstanding service to their customers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48239]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who track the steps of Glory to the grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who track the steps of Glory to the grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out. Those who suffer most cry out the least.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every mess I find a friend, In every port a wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61877]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every mess I find a friend, In every port a wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See the gold sunshine patching, And streaming and streaking across  The gray-green oaks; and catching,   By its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58281]]></link><description><![CDATA[See the gold sunshine patching, And streaming and streaking across  The gray-green oaks; and catching,   By its soft brown beard, the moss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! that the memories which survive us here Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!  Pure relics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! that the memories which survive us here Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!  Pure relics of a blameless life, that shine   Now thou art gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From our standpoint things have run pretty smoothly. We had all those bikes riding around in the rain (Saturday) night. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32886]]></link><description><![CDATA[From our standpoint things have run pretty smoothly. We had all those bikes riding around in the rain (Saturday) night. I would have anticipated more accidents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us live for the beauty of our own reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou that so stoutly hast resisted me, Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold;  For I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou that so stoutly hast resisted me, Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold;  For I have bought it with an hundred blows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17785</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[A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51771]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is past is prologue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64244]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is past is prologue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The open door tempts a saint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51027]]></link><description><![CDATA[The open door tempts a saint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our necessities never equal our wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our necessities never equal our wants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. -Tom Wilson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. -Tom Wilson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But thou know'st this, 'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59975]]></link><description><![CDATA[But thou know'st this, 'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12244]]></link><description><![CDATA[At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent. -Golda Meir.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8348]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reproachful speech from either side The want of argument supplied;  They rail, reviled; as often ends   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reproachful speech from either side The want of argument supplied;  They rail, reviled; as often ends   The contests of disputing friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conscience without God is like a court without a judge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9813]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do it because we love it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40580]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do it because we love it,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47784</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></channel></rss>