<?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[Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites or women for men. She is author of The Color Purple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65008]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65139]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will it be fun? Of course, man. Jack is Jack and we haven't seen him in a while. But there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will it be fun? Of course, man. Jack is Jack and we haven't seen him in a while. But there's one big difference in this clubhouse. You don't catch a whiff of cigar smoke anymore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their families. "Silks and satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire," as Poor Richard says.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He assembled a management team who, under his skilled leadership, guided American through the early days of deregulation and built ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35680]]></link><description><![CDATA[He assembled a management team who, under his skilled leadership, guided American through the early days of deregulation and built it into one of the world's preeminent airlines,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13685]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have a political bone in my body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37951]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have a political bone in my body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;  And in his needy shop a tortoise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;  And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,   An alligator stuffed, and other skins    Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves     A beggarly account of boxes,      Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds,       Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses        Were thinly scattered, to make up a show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42770</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[Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win,  By fearing to attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win,  By fearing to attempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64837]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm here and I'm ready. They're not. Bring it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our two networks are so dissimilar because they overlap in so few places that this is not really going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our two networks are so dissimilar because they overlap in so few places that this is not really going to affect any one service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When mistrust comes in, love goes out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42850]]></link><description><![CDATA[When mistrust comes in, love goes out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19844]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66164]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9916]]></link><description><![CDATA[The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and successful by examples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and successful by examples.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23729]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41476]]></link><description><![CDATA[It actually took me a year to learn how to play running back - to understand what they were doing defensively and then what our guys were doing every single play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The music is great and it's a great political satire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39229]]></link><description><![CDATA[The music is great and it's a great political satire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One good analogy is worth three hours discussion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1933]]></link><description><![CDATA[One good analogy is worth three hours discussion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He [Greenspan] is going to say we're not in a recession, but the risks are very, very high, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37045]]></link><description><![CDATA[He [Greenspan] is going to say we're not in a recession, but the risks are very, very high,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was beautiful. She was totally dominant (in the circle). She didn't get a lot of strikeouts, but she hit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39828]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was beautiful. She was totally dominant (in the circle). She didn't get a lot of strikeouts, but she hit her spots and kept them off-balance. They didn't hit the ball hard and the defense was solid behind her. I was very happy with our defense today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church on earth is a cross-eyed church, with one eye on God in His heavenly benediction, and one eye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7194]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Church on earth is a cross-eyed church, with one eye on God in His heavenly benediction, and one eye on the needy world of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a myriad of immigration laws that, when looked at through the common sense of justice, don't add up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42182]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a myriad of immigration laws that, when looked at through the common sense of justice, don't add up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage,  Minds innocent and quiet take   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage,  Minds innocent and quiet take   That for an hermitage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  No indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380  No indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10474]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things do not have meaning. We assign meaning to everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things do not have meaning. We assign meaning to everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That stone, . . . Philosophers in vain so long have sought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46493]]></link><description><![CDATA[That stone, . . . Philosophers in vain so long have sought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is your health? I feel pretty good, and I'm very anxious to get the season going. I think we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57728]]></link><description><![CDATA[How is your health? I feel pretty good, and I'm very anxious to get the season going. I think we have a chance to have a good football team. I don't have any health problems. I don't know how any of the stuff gets started.... My health is very good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9108]]></link><description><![CDATA[And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will scarce think you have swam in a gondola. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will scarce think you have swam in a gondola. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55677</guid></item></channel></rss>