<?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 am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63389]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The water, sanitation and security seem far better than those over the past few years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28424]]></link><description><![CDATA[The water, sanitation and security seem far better than those over the past few years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country.   - Thomas W. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25962]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country.   - Thomas W. Higginson,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but of three things. The first was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53823]]></link><description><![CDATA[He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but of three things. The first was that he had trusted a woman with a secret; the second that he had gone by sea when he might have gone by land; and the third, that had passed one day without having a will by him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No sacrifice short of individual liberty, individual self-respect, and individual enterprise is too great a price to pay for permanent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54611]]></link><description><![CDATA[No sacrifice short of individual liberty, individual self-respect, and individual enterprise is too great a price to pay for permanent peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21435]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are but empty thanks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are but empty thanks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, we knocked the bastard off! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, we knocked the bastard off!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58548]]></link><description><![CDATA[A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we lost power to that whole computer room, the UPS didn't kick in like it should. Apparently, the batteries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33829]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we lost power to that whole computer room, the UPS didn't kick in like it should. Apparently, the batteries in the UPS systems were not sufficiently strong enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How God ever brings like to like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9138]]></link><description><![CDATA[How God ever brings like to like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love light in her eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14833]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love light in her eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26135]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is the closest distance between two people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is the closest distance between two people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brett was seen by doctors and they are happy with the progress of treatment so far. The problem areas around ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brett was seen by doctors and they are happy with the progress of treatment so far. The problem areas around his left knee appear to have improved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said he believed that she, quote, 'Fought like hell. He also believes that the killer or killers cleaned up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said he believed that she, quote, 'Fought like hell. He also believes that the killer or killers cleaned up the crime scene.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing. 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing. 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;  But he that filches from me my good name   Robs me of that which not enriches him    And makes me poor indeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Empty Chambers make foolish maides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Empty Chambers make foolish maides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11030]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy ideal, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy ideal, we see celebrity's ugly messes, including their drug and alcohol abuse, which, for many who admire these people, translates into a very dangerous message.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether or not you write well, write bravely ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether or not you write well, write bravely]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lay her in the earth, And from her fair and unpolluted flesh  May violets spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lay her in the earth, And from her fair and unpolluted flesh  May violets spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been one of the strongest park acquisition and open space tools local government has. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37160]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been one of the strongest park acquisition and open space tools local government has.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21218]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The district was closed after the village informed me there were breaks in the water system and the Health Department ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The district was closed after the village informed me there were breaks in the water system and the Health Department said our buildings were unsafe for water production. But they told me (Wednesday) that village water had been tested and passed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43589]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to say whether the doctors of law or divinity have made the greater advances in the lucrative business of mystery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thought of having a kid stricken with cancer just floored me. My children are everything to me, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thought of having a kid stricken with cancer just floored me. My children are everything to me,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not getting any clamoring (for a special session) from constituents or anybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30782]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not getting any clamoring (for a special session) from constituents or anybody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18498]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal a crown. The sin lessens as the guilt increases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15194]]></link><description><![CDATA[The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. -- Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all professionals in here and everyone can give a little more and be a little better. We have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37353]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all professionals in here and everyone can give a little more and be a little better. We have to play with more confidence and more urgency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call no man your father upon the earth, for one is your Father, which is in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call no man your father upon the earth, for one is your Father, which is in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12903]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents    The most thrilling thing you can ever do is win someone to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents    The most thrilling thing you can ever do is win someone to Christ. And it's contagious. Once you do it, you don't want to stop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, "culture." It's an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56929]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, "culture." It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing "art" to defend their collapsing culture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of our troubles in the world today arise from an over-emphasis of the masculine, and a neglect of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of our troubles in the world today arise from an over-emphasis of the masculine, and a neglect of the feminine. This modern world is an aggressive, hyperactive, competitive, masculine world, and it needs the woman's touch as never before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44113</guid></item></channel></rss>