<?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[I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's premises with clothes on, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46443]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard of a dog that barked at every stranger who approached his master's premises with clothes on, but was easily quieted by a naked thief]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men commonly think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and imbibed opinions, but generally act according to custom]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil  Of dropping buckets into empty wells, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil  Of dropping buckets into empty wells,   And growing old in drawing nothing up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don't win ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57687]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ballgames.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54314]]></link><description><![CDATA[In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Methinks I am a prophet new inspired And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:  His rash fierce blaze of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Methinks I am a prophet new inspired And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:  His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,   For violent fires soon burn out themselves;    Small show'rs last long, but sudden storms are short;     He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;      With eager feeding doth choke the feeder;       Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,        Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40640]]></link><description><![CDATA[From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She rears her young on yonder tree; She leaves her faithful mate to mind 'em;  Like us, for fish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18899]]></link><description><![CDATA[She rears her young on yonder tree; She leaves her faithful mate to mind 'em;  Like us, for fish she sails to sea,   And, plunging, shows us where to find 'em.    Yo, ho, my hearts! let's seek the deep,     Ply every oar, and cheerly with her,      While slow the bending net we sweep,       God bless the fish-hawk and the fisher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a teenager, I dreamed abbout escaping. I was lucky. I succeeded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40524]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a teenager, I dreamed abbout escaping. I was lucky. I succeeded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62446]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot endure to be so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over here the medical treatment is tied to the cooperation with the interrogators. I asked the doctor several times to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over here the medical treatment is tied to the cooperation with the interrogators. I asked the doctor several times to give me medical assistance but the doctors told me unless I talk to the interrogators, they will not give me help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11622]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair daffadils, we weep to see You haste away so soone;  As yet the early-rising sun   Has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair daffadils, we weep to see You haste away so soone;  As yet the early-rising sun   Has not attained its noone.    . . . .     We have short time to stay as you,      We have as short a spring;       As quick a growth to meet decay        As you or anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under his pillow, only more expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared  A rotten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56194]]></link><description><![CDATA[In few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared  A rotten carcass of a butt, not rigged,   Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats    Instinctively have quit it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, truly, 'tis more than manners will; And I have heard it said, unbidden guests  Are often welcomest when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18431]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, truly, 'tis more than manners will; And I have heard it said, unbidden guests  Are often welcomest when they are gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Europeans need to show real flexibility on market access, ... We came here for a discussion basically on agriculture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Europeans need to show real flexibility on market access, ... We came here for a discussion basically on agriculture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53739]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other. [Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50903]]></link><description><![CDATA[He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other. [Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50781]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Architecture is the art of how to waste space. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Architecture is the art of how to waste space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24264]]></link><description><![CDATA[A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20516]]></link><description><![CDATA[To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might not be thinking about. That's what is kind of cool, or one of the cool things about this profession.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25378]]></link><description><![CDATA[The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63578]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. We threw off over $300 million in cash. All of those were in the right direction. So I think we're on our way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to success runs uphill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/925]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to success runs uphill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4667]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16798]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12926]]></link><description><![CDATA[One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is folly to waste labour about trifles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50626]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly to waste labour about trifles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is acceptance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18671</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://www.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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't even rode that great this year. But I've been solid. I've stuck in the 40s and 50s in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36089]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't even rode that great this year. But I've been solid. I've stuck in the 40s and 50s in the reaction times and relied on the performance of the car.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though they rushed back and forth across the country on the slightest pretext, gathering kicks along the way, the real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though they rushed back and forth across the country on the slightest pretext, gathering kicks along the way, the real journey was inward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50132]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fed ought to like it [the producer price report], and personally I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42254]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fed ought to like it [the producer price report], and personally I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes,--rather plunge me back in pagan night, And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,  Than be the Christian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes,--rather plunge me back in pagan night, And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,  Than be the Christian of a faith like this,   Which builds on heavenly cant its earthly sway,    And in a convert mourns to lose a prey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to act as if we can live apart from each other. To me that's the tragedy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30047]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to act as if we can live apart from each other. To me that's the tragedy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has surrendered himself to it knows that the Way ends on the Cross -- even when it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8282]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has surrendered himself to it knows that the Way ends on the Cross -- even when it is leading him through the jubilation of Gennesaret or the triumphal entry into Jerusalem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63296</guid></item></channel></rss>