<?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[We cannot hate those who we despise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52279]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot hate those who we despise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like jelly beans, and sometimes you get your favorite color. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like jelly beans, and sometimes you get your favorite color.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/879]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father told me that if you saw a man in a Rolls Royce you could be sure he was not a gentleman unless he was the chauffeur.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If monotony tries me, and I cannot stand drudgery; if stupid people fret me and the little ruffles set me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7886]]></link><description><![CDATA[If monotony tries me, and I cannot stand drudgery; if stupid people fret me and the little ruffles set me on edge; if I make much of the trifles of life, then I know nothing of Calvary love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trodden path is the safest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1118]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trodden path is the safest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate writing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28610]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate writing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43693]]></link><description><![CDATA[When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63526]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pooled funds are difficult to pull off because you're hitting up people for money but giving them little control over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pooled funds are difficult to pull off because you're hitting up people for money but giving them little control over how it's spent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gods of men are sillier than their kings and queens, and emptier and more powerless ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gods of men are sillier than their kings and queens, and emptier and more powerless]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely. -Adam Michnik.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10246]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let the person know how you feel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28729]]></link><description><![CDATA[One lesson that we might draw from this incident is that we shouldn't be asking so many questions of jurors. Maybe we should just be asking if they have ever been convicted of a crime, that we ought to know. But, do we really need to know about every arrest and every civil lawsuit and what television programs they watch?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often a silent face has voice and words. [Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often a silent face has voice and words. [Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59045]]></link><description><![CDATA[The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever despises himself nonetheless respects himself as one who despises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53497]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls of the hearers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newspaper people have a habit of putting you in the front pages to sell their papers, and then after they've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Newspaper people have a habit of putting you in the front pages to sell their papers, and then after they've sold their papers and got big circulation's, they say, 'Look at what we've done for you.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He used to raise a storm in a teapot. [Lat., Excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57896]]></link><description><![CDATA[He used to raise a storm in a teapot. [Lat., Excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45191]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Christianity is pessimistic as to man, it is optimistic as to human destiny. Well, I can say that, pessimistic as to human destiny, I am optimistic as to man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't explain it, ... It's just happened for me while I'm here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35260]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't explain it, ... It's just happened for me while I'm here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As men, we are all equal in the presence of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11264]]></link><description><![CDATA[As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentiment is somewhat ingrained now regarding bird flu, but there is not a sea change taking place. People suspect there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentiment is somewhat ingrained now regarding bird flu, but there is not a sea change taking place. People suspect there are risks on the horizon but not so material just yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This deal with Iran is probably the most apparent thing driving prices up. But you don't know what is happening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41242]]></link><description><![CDATA[This deal with Iran is probably the most apparent thing driving prices up. But you don't know what is happening behind the scenes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66482]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gaming industry is notoriously paranoid. It was easier for me to be wearing a gun within an arm's reach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33042]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gaming industry is notoriously paranoid. It was easier for me to be wearing a gun within an arm's reach of the president of the United States than get approval to carry a firearm in a casino.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immediately after the injury, nerve cells inside die and others lose their ability to pass on signals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immediately after the injury, nerve cells inside die and others lose their ability to pass on signals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If (union members) were going to end up paying so much more into the retirement plan or the health insurance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37148]]></link><description><![CDATA[If (union members) were going to end up paying so much more into the retirement plan or the health insurance ... why would you want to keep the job? You can't make a living at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53258]]></link><description><![CDATA[In your life, you meet people. Some you never think about again. Some, you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan  Under my battlements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52984]]></link><description><![CDATA[The raven himself is hoarse That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan  Under my battlements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687  The Church is her true self only when she exists for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687  The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy. The clergy should live solely on the free-will offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sycophantic behavior exists anywhere you go, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sycophantic behavior exists anywhere you go,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They come out with a skill set and a belief that nobody but themselves will control their careers, ... Baby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31094]]></link><description><![CDATA[They come out with a skill set and a belief that nobody but themselves will control their careers, ... Baby boomers took a very different approach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we're trying to avoid is someone who can't afford a $20 co-pay from leaving a pharmacy without getting their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38936]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we're trying to avoid is someone who can't afford a $20 co-pay from leaving a pharmacy without getting their medicine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47626]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are ready to talk, but it is just an exploratory conversation, since Brazil isn't negotiating with the United Kingdom. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31255]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are ready to talk, but it is just an exploratory conversation, since Brazil isn't negotiating with the United Kingdom. The negotiation involves the G-20 (the group of 21 developing countries), Europe, and the United States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presence is more than just being there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Presence is more than just being there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early one morning I, Vadim Maslennikov, set off for school (I was going on seventeen at the time) having forgotten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early one morning I, Vadim Maslennikov, set off for school (I was going on seventeen at the time) having forgotten the envelope with the first-semester fees Mother had left me in the dining room the day before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11269]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is in custody and is getting no special treatment. She will go to the court on Thursday to enter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31748]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is in custody and is getting no special treatment. She will go to the court on Thursday to enter a plea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The obscenities of recent days may well be designed toundermine the peace process. They must not be allowed to doso, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The obscenities of recent days may well be designed toundermine the peace process. They must not be allowed to doso,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The philosophy exam was a piece of cake -- which was a bit of a surprise, actually, because I was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25404]]></link><description><![CDATA[The philosophy exam was a piece of cake -- which was a bit of a surprise, actually, because I was expecting some questions on a sheet of paper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25404</guid></item></channel></rss>