<?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[Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime rot and consume themselves in little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair flowers that are not gather'd in their prime rot and consume themselves in little time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64375]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11211]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62465]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43953]]></link><description><![CDATA[For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only disability in life is a bad attitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3439]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only disability in life is a bad attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Chirac said recently almost with the tone of 'I told you so' that what he considers blind loyalty to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32537]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Chirac said recently almost with the tone of 'I told you so' that what he considers blind loyalty to the U.S. doesn't get you much in return,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Except I be by Sylvia in the night, There is no music in the nightingale. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Except I be by Sylvia in the night, There is no music in the nightingale. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27921]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse the conversationalist in their heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But that our feasts In every mess have folly, and the feeders  Digest it with a custom, I should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13277]]></link><description><![CDATA[But that our feasts In every mess have folly, and the feeders  Digest it with a custom, I should blush   To see you so attired, swoon, I think,    To show myself a glass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boxing purists, quite naturally, question Tyson's appetite for victory. Mills Lane should have stopped the fight before Tyson took a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boxing purists, quite naturally, question Tyson's appetite for victory. Mills Lane should have stopped the fight before Tyson took a second helping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am delighted to see him back again. He's a creative player who will help the club move forward over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30676]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am delighted to see him back again. He's a creative player who will help the club move forward over the next few years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11808]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17253]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet April's tears, Dead on the hem of May.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good financial planning tool, ... We're hoping it will help people understand what Social Security can provide, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39877]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good financial planning tool, ... We're hoping it will help people understand what Social Security can provide, but also encourage them to do further planning for retirement savings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in angels, so it's simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36768]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in angels, so it's simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest sin is sitting on your ass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20694]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest sin is sitting on your ass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3725</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[I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I paint things as they are. I don't comment.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33]]></link><description><![CDATA[Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A goodly apple rotten at the heart: O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55563]]></link><description><![CDATA[A goodly apple rotten at the heart: O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had watched (the militant group) for three months and we wanted to capture him soon. But he was not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29535]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had watched (the militant group) for three months and we wanted to capture him soon. But he was not there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who profits by a crime commits it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10645]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who profits by a crime commits it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decisions are the endless uncertainties of life that we'll not know if theyre right until the very end, so do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Decisions are the endless uncertainties of life that we'll not know if theyre right until the very end, so do the best you can and hope its right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13089]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15474]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bodies were in such bad shape they said there was no other way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39306]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bodies were in such bad shape they said there was no other way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47566]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of my dog; and I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58375]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All profoundly original art looks ugly at first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10583]]></link><description><![CDATA[All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amid the roses, fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest; a quick-returning pang  Shoots through the conscious heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amid the roses, fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest; a quick-returning pang  Shoots through the conscious heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14136]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll probably trend a little bit lower [in the next couple of weeks]. A lot of the gains have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28345]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll probably trend a little bit lower [in the next couple of weeks]. A lot of the gains have been on positive comments made by companies like Dell and IBM, but I think a lot of this reflects market-share shifts rather than a recovery in the overall market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace proposals unaccompanied by a sworn covenant indicate a plot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we'd played three pretty good games in a row. Everyone's going to have a bad game, and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42651]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we'd played three pretty good games in a row. Everyone's going to have a bad game, and I thought we might have one after how well we played against Pilot Rock. But at least it was now and not next week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each week you have to wrestle at a higher level. We all have to step it up this week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each week you have to wrestle at a higher level. We all have to step it up this week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even Pain pricks to livelier living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even Pain pricks to livelier living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union Carbide desecratedIndia withkiller insecticidesbrought to BhopalThey violated HinduismAll bugs are sacredto Ahimsa's Gopal***(the biggest industrial accident of all time.. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Union Carbide desecratedIndia withkiller insecticidesbrought to BhopalThey violated HinduismAll bugs are sacredto Ahimsa's Gopal***(the biggest industrial accident of all time.. involved several thousand deaths..as killer insecticide gas killed humans.. )Ahimsa nonviolenceGopal.. name for Krishna as protector of cows and all beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59015]]></link><description><![CDATA[When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61670]]></link><description><![CDATA[He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not even a bad photograph. Truth wants to be startled abruptly, at one stroke, from her self-immersion, whether by uproar, music or cries for help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3112]]></link><description><![CDATA[No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3112</guid></item></channel></rss>