<?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[Common sense among men of fortune is rare. [Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa  Fortuna.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense among men of fortune is rare. [Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa  Fortuna.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romance is the poetry of literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Romance is the poetry of literature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It just looked a lot worse than it was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It just looked a lot worse than it was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  The whole being of any Christian is Faith and Love... Faith brings the man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  The whole being of any Christian is Faith and Love... Faith brings the man to God, love brings him to men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd marry again if I found a man who had 15 million and would sign over half of it to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27201]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd marry again if I found a man who had 15 million and would sign over half of it to me before the marriage and guarantee he'd be dead within a year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass in a broken voice, "it was the salmon." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61680]]></link><description><![CDATA["It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass in a broken voice, "it was the salmon."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy! eldest-born of hell! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy! eldest-born of hell!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere out in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One heat another heat expels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51534]]></link><description><![CDATA[One heat another heat expels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a wit, if not first, in the very first line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61821]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is doing and accomplishing a lot of things that haven't been done in his family before. Everything he does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32150]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is doing and accomplishing a lot of things that haven't been done in his family before. Everything he does is an obstacle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They keep saying the right person will come along, I think mine got hit by a truck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27045]]></link><description><![CDATA[They keep saying the right person will come along, I think mine got hit by a truck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people are surprised to hear that we have comedians in Russia, but they are there. They are dead, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people are surprised to hear that we have comedians in Russia, but they are there. They are dead, but they are there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear;  Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear;  Thou hast no sorrow in thy song,   No winter in thy year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He doesn't take any days off. He's improved so much since he's been here. He's an incredible defensive player, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41036]]></link><description><![CDATA[He doesn't take any days off. He's improved so much since he's been here. He's an incredible defensive player, and his offense keeps getting better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19261]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, pensive scholar, what is fame? A fitful tongue of leaping flame;  A giddy whirlwind's fickle gust,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, pensive scholar, what is fame? A fitful tongue of leaping flame;  A giddy whirlwind's fickle gust,   That lifts a pinch of mortal dust;    A few swift years, and who can show     Which dust was Bill, and which was Joe?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fault is fostered by concealment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51777]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fault is fostered by concealment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66698]]></link><description><![CDATA[If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've signed up until 2008 and I am happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30996]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've signed up until 2008 and I am happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63360]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive they nearly always have bad memories and are usually stupid at bottom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach sat us down after our bad start and told us we needed to come together as a team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coach sat us down after our bad start and told us we needed to come together as a team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One good quote is worth a book ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52829]]></link><description><![CDATA[One good quote is worth a book]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only positive consequences encourage good future performances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only positive consequences encourage good future performances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a sense of self-doubt in India, within itself. People were not exactly as confident as you see them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31474]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a sense of self-doubt in India, within itself. People were not exactly as confident as you see them now. But that did not turn out to be true. Indians have come through unscathed, and they're able to protect their turf ... So now there's the sense that we want to learn from them, rather than that they'll wipe us out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61316]]></link><description><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given this is a swan song for Greenspan, I think it's going to be one more of these global topics. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given this is a swan song for Greenspan, I think it's going to be one more of these global topics. There will be very little if anything that will give us any insight into monetary policy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leans for all pleasure on another's breast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61857]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36444]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolution is no strange and extraordinary thing; it is one of the most common acts that belong to us as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolution is no strange and extraordinary thing; it is one of the most common acts that belong to us as we are men. But we do not ordinarily apply it to the best purposes. It is not so ordinary for men to resolve to be good as to resolve to be rich and great, not so common for men to resolve against sin as to resolve against poverty and suffering. It is not so usual for men to resolve to keep a good conscience as to keep a good place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series about the early church:   The sure way to success for any commercial venture is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series about the early church:   The sure way to success for any commercial venture is to suggest that those people who buy things from it, or gamble on its terms, are members of a "club", a "circle". Study the advertisements in any popular magazine: people are "invited to apply for membership"; "members will receive a catalogue"; they are even offered "rules", which they gladly accept because the need for authority lies heavily upon them; they then receive a card admitting them to the circle, with the "President's signature" printed on it. In the need for belonging, the acknowledgement of dependence, may lie the greatest opportunity of the Christian evangelist. It is not unlike the conditions under which the early Church worked. In the later Roman Empire, crumbling under its own size, its communications and resources stretched to the utmost, the mystery-religions came into their own. Rites of initiation, the sharing of secret knowledge, offered to people of all classes an escape from the perplexities of life, a retreat into a closed circle of the elect where they might feel that their transformed personalities had some significance. Who can know how many weary souls there were who strayed into the Church through rumours of a secret rite of purification, of a shared meal that conferred wisdom, and who remained to comprehend the fullness of the Godhead, a belonging greater than they had ever imagined.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early on, I knew what I was getting into. But it's been very tough. It's hard to watch knowing I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early on, I knew what I was getting into. But it's been very tough. It's hard to watch knowing I can't be out there helping the guys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59042]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46436]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27719]]></link><description><![CDATA[The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them -which- we are missing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Associate with people in such a manner, that they weep for you when you die and long for you if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Associate with people in such a manner, that they weep for you when you die and long for you if you are alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36721</guid></item></channel></rss>