<?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[Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue But moody and dull melancholy,  Kinsman to a grim and comfortless despair,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet recreation barred, what doth ensue But moody and dull melancholy,  Kinsman to a grim and comfortless despair,   And at her heels a huge infectious troop    Of pale distemperatures and foes to life?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24809]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took Found out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took Found out the remedy. How would you be, If He, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're looking for good residential development to occur in our city and this is another excellent opportunity for it to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33221]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're looking for good residential development to occur in our city and this is another excellent opportunity for it to happen,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Benedict of Nursia, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550  Christian history looks glorious in retrospect; but it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Benedict of Nursia, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550  Christian history looks glorious in retrospect; but it is made up of constant hard choices and unattractive tasks, accepted under the pressure of the Will of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In writing advertising it must always be kept in mind that the customer often knows more about the goods than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5163]]></link><description><![CDATA[In writing advertising it must always be kept in mind that the customer often knows more about the goods than the advertising writers because they have had experience in buying them . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's quick as a cat. She came out and was aggressive and that's exactly what we needed. If she's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41727]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's quick as a cat. She came out and was aggressive and that's exactly what we needed. If she's not out there at the 18 and at the girl's feet, then they score easily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been talking for a while about bringing this type of content to Newport for a while and finally we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42557]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been talking for a while about bringing this type of content to Newport for a while and finally we decided to go ahead and do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it is obvious that people repeat acts that are shown on the television or the screen and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it is obvious that people repeat acts that are shown on the television or the screen and I wouldn't want to inspire any violence on anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding is a two-way street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understanding is a two-way street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investors' expectations of steelmakers' earnings are high. Steel producers may lead the market this week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Investors' expectations of steelmakers' earnings are high. Steel producers may lead the market this week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vegans need nopricegouging animal abusing PfizerVegans want no domesticbattering accident causingBudweiser*Vegans need no servicesfrom corrupt Impermanente Kaiser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vegans need nopricegouging animal abusing PfizerVegans want no domesticbattering accident causingBudweiser*Vegans need no servicesfrom corrupt Impermanente Kaiser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. •Vince Lombardi  or •Donald Kendall  My grandfather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62161]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. •Vince Lombardi  or •Donald Kendall  My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there. •Indira Gandhi  I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. •Douglas Adams  There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes. •William Bennett  The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. •Robert Frost  When work is a pleasure, life is a joy; when work is a duty, life is slavery. •Maksim Gorky  One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. •Elbert Hubbard  It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. •Jerome K Jerome  One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important. •Bertrand Russell  Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them. •Lily Tomlin  Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment. •Robert Benchley  Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. •Thomas Edison  Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all. •Sam Ewing  Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love. •David McCullough  Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work. •John G. Pollard  Banker: A fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. •Mark Twain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For two days, George (Karl) has been constantly stressing that this is a team that we'll be playing against. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31081]]></link><description><![CDATA[For two days, George (Karl) has been constantly stressing that this is a team that we'll be playing against. We kind of wanted to make a statement that if we play you in the playoffs, this is what you're going to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first outage was at 8:20 a.m., and the last customer was back on by 3:30 p.m.. Most problems were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32821]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first outage was at 8:20 a.m., and the last customer was back on by 3:30 p.m.. Most problems were taken care of in one to three hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sea--this truth must be confessed-- has no generosity. No display of manly qualities-- courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--has ever been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea--this truth must be confessed-- has no generosity. No display of manly qualities-- courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11861]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark, hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer  Cry cock-a-diddle-dowe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark, hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer  Cry cock-a-diddle-dowe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12439]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The success in this referendum, it isn't how many people are going to say 'yes' and how many people are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The success in this referendum, it isn't how many people are going to say 'yes' and how many people are going to say 'no,' ... The success is that all Iraqis ... found out that the polling station is the way to deal with the political problems in Iraq, to deal with the violence in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get something done a committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9006]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get something done a committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things. [Lat., Memoria est thesaurus omnium rerum e custos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things. [Lat., Memoria est thesaurus omnium rerum e custos.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that contemplates hath a day without night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49331]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that contemplates hath a day without night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello Montreal! 'Fuck You' would be a good sign at your highways! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hello Montreal! 'Fuck You' would be a good sign at your highways!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord Mansfield first established the grand doctrine that the air of England is too pure to be breathed by a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord Mansfield first established the grand doctrine that the air of England is too pure to be breathed by a slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were all talking about it (Saturday) night, how we wanted to hit a walk-off home run in the first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32211]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were all talking about it (Saturday) night, how we wanted to hit a walk-off home run in the first inning (on Sunday). It's funny how it actually happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.  [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.  [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt,   Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very pleased...It's awesome! We weren't expecting anything and we wanted to go out and be proud of the fact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42376]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very pleased...It's awesome! We weren't expecting anything and we wanted to go out and be proud of the fact we were part of the competition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really good. I was really proud of her. She's been hitting the ball very well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29935]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really good. I was really proud of her. She's been hitting the ball very well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23466]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I will show myself To have more of the serpent than the dove;  That is--more knave than fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I will show myself To have more of the serpent than the dove;  That is--more knave than fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50251]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43288]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14521]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11773]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's almost like having a troubled child that ends up graduating from law school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31983]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's almost like having a troubled child that ends up graduating from law school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31983</guid></item></channel></rss>