<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[All we're saying is, let small business have a choice. Right now they barely have one or two choices in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29056]]></link><description><![CDATA[All we're saying is, let small business have a choice. Right now they barely have one or two choices in the small-group market. Let employers choose what they think is best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each person's back he has given one full of his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each person's back he has given one full of his own faults; in front he has hung a heavy one full of other people's. [Lat., Peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas.  Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit;   Alienis ante pectus supendit gravem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never wish life were easier, wish that you were better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diligence is the mother of good luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diligence is the mother of good luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America! half brother of the world! With something good and bad of every land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2394]]></link><description><![CDATA[America! half brother of the world! With something good and bad of every land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10691]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A grisly meteor on his face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A grisly meteor on his face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:  The prince my brother hath outgrown me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18402]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth:  The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt, The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,  The Douglas in red herrings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt, The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,  The Douglas in red herrings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People see the world not as it is, but as they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14529]]></link><description><![CDATA[People see the world not as it is, but as they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work your way up or rust your way out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work your way up or rust your way out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35052]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a breakup fee, or lower purchase price,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33828]]></link><description><![CDATA[We expect an ample supply of fuel, but it's going to be almost out of reach of the normal working man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15107]]></link><description><![CDATA[All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with parching power. [It., La vostra nominanza e color d'erba,  Che viene e va; e quei la discolora   Per cui ell' esce della terra acerba.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is happy agony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is happy agony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the media have trouble distinguishing between real science and propaganda cross-dressed as science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the media have trouble distinguishing between real science and propaganda cross-dressed as science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[-Fer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56106]]></link><description><![CDATA[-Fer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit, and not for the purposes of any individual or party.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62351]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. -Helen Douglas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I question not if thrushes sing, If roses load the air;  Beyond my heart I need not reach  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58256]]></link><description><![CDATA[I question not if thrushes sing, If roses load the air;  Beyond my heart I need not reach   When all is summer there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'CSI effect' is not something that we're happy about, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33079]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'CSI effect' is not something that we're happy about,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World records are only borrowed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57443]]></link><description><![CDATA[World records are only borrowed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16341]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Friend is someone who will help you move; A GOOD friend is someone who will help you move a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17003]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Friend is someone who will help you move; A GOOD friend is someone who will help you move a body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13237]]></link><description><![CDATA[They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25952]]></link><description><![CDATA[There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a few heroes, saints, and geniuses have been the captains of their souls for any extended period of their lives. Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort which it brings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The belief in immortality has always seemed cowardly to me. When very young I learned that all things die, and all that we wish of good must be won on this earth or not at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54165]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. (Ruth 2:12)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[F]ew things loves better Than to abhor himself-- . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15]]></link><description><![CDATA[[F]ew things loves better Than to abhor himself-- . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How inimitably graceful children are before they learn to dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18105]]></link><description><![CDATA[How inimitably graceful children are before they learn to dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We only play two games a week, so if we have to add a third game it isn't too bad. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32478]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only play two games a week, so if we have to add a third game it isn't too bad. We just haven't been getting the practice time, but the guys are trying to stay sharp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35939]]></link><description><![CDATA[I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear authors! suit your topics to your strength, And ponder well your subject, and its length;  Nor lift your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear authors! suit your topics to your strength, And ponder well your subject, and its length;  Nor lift your lad, before you're quite aware   What weight your shoulders will, or will not, bear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a time for all things -- except marriage my dear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2107]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a time for all things -- except marriage my dear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Need To Know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41425]]></link><description><![CDATA[I Need To Know]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6277]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person's fate is their own temper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58883]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person's fate is their own temper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knight without fear and without reproach. [Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knight without fear and without reproach. [Fr., Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black is a pearl in a woman's eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23257</guid></item></channel></rss>