<?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[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17043]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to your funeral]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, Draw conclusions on the wall ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52824]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, Draw conclusions on the wall]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58113]]></link><description><![CDATA[To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where round some mould'ring tow'r pale ivy creeps, And low-brow'd rocks hang nodding o'er the deeps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where round some mould'ring tow'r pale ivy creeps, And low-brow'd rocks hang nodding o'er the deeps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem is many China's enterprises do not know what they should sell to the United States and the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32220]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem is many China's enterprises do not know what they should sell to the United States and the same is true with their US counterparts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51626]]></link><description><![CDATA[No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cal/OSHA does not have enough field inspectors to meet its day-to-day responsibilities, let alone effectively investigate complaints at a huge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cal/OSHA does not have enough field inspectors to meet its day-to-day responsibilities, let alone effectively investigate complaints at a huge project like the Bay Bridge retrofit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21056]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5458]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's warling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61859]]></link><description><![CDATA[She would rather be an old man's darling than a young man's warling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are . . . robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56541]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are . . . robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are making changes that will increase the opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are making changes that will increase the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though good faith should be banished from the rest of the world, it should be found in the mouths of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though good faith should be banished from the rest of the world, it should be found in the mouths of kings. [Fr., Si la bonne foi etait bannie du reste du monde, il faudrait qu'on la trouvat dans la bouche des rois.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59870]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger or more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desire for approval and recognition is a healthy motive, but the desire to be acknowledged as better, stronger or more intelligent than a fellow being or fellow scholar easily leads to an excessively egoistic psychological adjustment, which may becom]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good men prefer to be accountable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good men prefer to be accountable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That perfect devoting ourselves to God, from which devotion has its name, requires that we should not only do the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6550]]></link><description><![CDATA[That perfect devoting ourselves to God, from which devotion has its name, requires that we should not only do the will of God, but also that we should do it with love. "He loveth a cheerful giver," and without the heart no obedience is acceptable to Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56765]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soul meets soul on lovers lips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soul meets soul on lovers lips.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a sense, the U.S. is no longer leading the scenario. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28439]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a sense, the U.S. is no longer leading the scenario.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46520]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65934]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38730]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast  And fills the white and rustling sails, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43991]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast  And fills the white and rustling sails,   And bends the gallant mast!    And bends the gallant mast, my boys,     While, like the eagle free,      Away the good ship flies, and leaves       Old England in the lee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We controlled the match completely but after the break we took advantage and created space to score four goals, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33648]]></link><description><![CDATA[We controlled the match completely but after the break we took advantage and created space to score four goals,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Michelle wanted was to see for herself if she could do it or not. And when it became evident ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29874]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Michelle wanted was to see for herself if she could do it or not. And when it became evident that was too much to ask, Michelle was the first to say she had too much respect for the Olympics and for this country to go out there when she knew she couldn't. Here, it's a different sport and a little different situation. But I think you could plug in the same kind of comments with Jeff -- if it comes to that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and that must be  Our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and that must be  Our chastisement or recompense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The marquise has a disagreeable day for her journey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59630]]></link><description><![CDATA[The marquise has a disagreeable day for her journey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The result has been a lack of trust and the situation has deteriorated instead of improving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29789]]></link><description><![CDATA[The result has been a lack of trust and the situation has deteriorated instead of improving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had my labour for my travail. -Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56061]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had my labour for my travail. -Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18380]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody would put a flagstick on top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906 Continuing a short series on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906 Continuing a short series on forgiveness:   He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Date sideways, never up or down. sideways is usually a more comfortable position for both players and one of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Date sideways, never up or down. sideways is usually a more comfortable position for both players and one of the players can be heads up or heads down. in this position, any significant height difference of either player is minimilized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24069]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True praise rootes and spreedes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50021]]></link><description><![CDATA[True praise rootes and spreedes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49018]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flatterers throat is an open Sepulcher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every madman considers everyone else a madman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every madman considers everyone else a madman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How shall I speak thee, or thy power address Thou God of our idolatry, the Press.  . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23338]]></link><description><![CDATA[How shall I speak thee, or thy power address Thou God of our idolatry, the Press.  . . . .   Like Eden's dead probationary tree,    Knowledge of good and evil is from thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or, having sworn too hard a keeping oath, Study to break it and not break my troth. -Love's Labour 's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or, having sworn too hard a keeping oath, Study to break it and not break my troth. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55468</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[Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lawsuit, however just, can never be rightly prosecuted by any man, unless he treat his adversary with the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7465]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lawsuit, however just, can never be rightly prosecuted by any man, unless he treat his adversary with the same love and good will as if the business under controversy were already amicably settled and composed. Perhaps someone will interpose here that such moderation is so uniformly absent from any lawsuit that it would be a miracle if any such were found. Indeed, I admit that, as the customs of these times go, an example of an upright litigant is rare; but the thing itself, when not corrupted by the addition of anything evil, does not cease to be good and pure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52796]]></link><description><![CDATA[An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purifying worth of prayer consists in the increasing contrast which it sets up between the holy God and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purifying worth of prayer consists in the increasing contrast which it sets up between the holy God and the creature; subordinating that creature's fugitive activities and desires to the standard set by this solemn apprehension of Reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7678</guid></item></channel></rss>