<?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[Homer himself must beg if he want means, and as by report sometimes he did "go from door to door ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Homer himself must beg if he want means, and as by report sometimes he did "go from door to door and sing ballads, with a company of boys about him."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must think of human progress, not as of something going on in the race in general, but as something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57004]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must think of human progress, not as of something going on in the race in general, but as something going on in a small minority, perpetually beleaguered in a few walled towns. Now and then the horde of barbarians outside breaks through, and we have an armed effort to halt the process. That is, we have a Reformation, a French Revolution, a war for democracy, a Great Awakening. The minority is decimated and driven to cover. But a few survive- and a few are enough to carry on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19972]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet. [Lat., Bene qui conjiciet, vatem hunc perhibebo optimum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48450]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet. [Lat., Bene qui conjiciet, vatem hunc perhibebo optimum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58135]]></link><description><![CDATA[One never rises so high as when one does not know where one is going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite our agreement on Monday, we felt it was essential to add a factor that safeguarded the employees' pension scheme. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite our agreement on Monday, we felt it was essential to add a factor that safeguarded the employees' pension scheme. This was rejected by the trade union which prevented them from endorsing or accepting the rest of the offer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65482]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  There are many people who... speak to God in prayer, but hardly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  There are many people who... speak to God in prayer, but hardly ever listen to Him, or else listen to Him only vaguely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51566]]></link><description><![CDATA[When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36769]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8812]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church really generates the largest amount of traffic other than the people who cut through at optimum times. On ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church really generates the largest amount of traffic other than the people who cut through at optimum times. On Sunday, there are certain times you wouldn't want to leave your house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We fear that the glittering generalities of the speaker have left an impression more delightful than permanent.   - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45231]]></link><description><![CDATA[We fear that the glittering generalities of the speaker have left an impression more delightful than permanent.   - Franklin J. Dickman,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel strongly that Regis has been a great neighbor for a very long time. The idea is great; the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31349]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel strongly that Regis has been a great neighbor for a very long time. The idea is great; the town needs more elderly housing. We are in favor of that. It's just the scope of this project we can't accept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a good man I have seen go under. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a good man I have seen go under.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54251]]></link><description><![CDATA[It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to build an event that obviously has the entertainment, but also build an outdoor festival flair where there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39029]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to build an event that obviously has the entertainment, but also build an outdoor festival flair where there's lots of things for people to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29401]]></link><description><![CDATA[No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are going to individually visit all of those houses to shut off the gas meters and then when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31117]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are going to individually visit all of those houses to shut off the gas meters and then when the repairs are made, we will turn them back on. This is extremely unusual, and we are really looking into what exactly caused that ignition, but we just won't know for some time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a spelling checkerIt came with my PC;It plainly marks four my revueMistakes I cannot sea.I've run this poem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a spelling checkerIt came with my PC;It plainly marks four my revueMistakes I cannot sea.I've run this poem threw it,I'm sure your pleased too no,Its letter perfect in it's weigh,My checker tolled me sew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13132]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47770]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air. [Fr., Les Anglais, nation trop fiere  S'arrogent l'empire des mers;   Les Francais, nation legere,    S'emparent de celui des airs.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It gave me chills. The men carrying Jesus and the women carrying Mary, and I'm not even Catholic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29141]]></link><description><![CDATA[It gave me chills. The men carrying Jesus and the women carrying Mary, and I'm not even Catholic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16428]]></link><description><![CDATA[While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[will not make a decision on sending U.S. troops until we have an agreement in hand and can evaluate whether ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41268]]></link><description><![CDATA[will not make a decision on sending U.S. troops until we have an agreement in hand and can evaluate whether it meets the conditions President Clinton has outlined.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the callof a loonacrossa quiet lake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3860]]></link><description><![CDATA[the callof a loonacrossa quiet lake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23473]]></link><description><![CDATA[We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves by our intentions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye: Give him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56050]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye: Give him a little earth for charity! -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is not a season, it's an occupation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is learning what to overlook. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is learning what to overlook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation. People learned that I was producing a 'Star Trek' film, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation. People learned that I was producing a 'Star Trek' film, that I had an option to direct it, they hear rumors of what the thing was going to be and ran with a story that is not entirely accurate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15481]]></link><description><![CDATA[For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial. [Lat., Nam quamblibet saepe obligati, si quid unum neges, hoc solum meminerunt, quod negatum est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29981]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while good fortune ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives - they go only as far as the grave and leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond th]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3541]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/866]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17644]]></link><description><![CDATA[God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although we may pretend that it is the chauffeur who is the social inferior, most of us, like Toad of Toad Hall, would not mind a turn at the wheel ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. After every storm, there comes clear, open slies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44504]]></link><description><![CDATA[After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. After every storm, there comes clear, open slies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is for those who lack imagination ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is for those who lack imagination]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my ownefforts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22084]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my ownefforts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a bit shocking no movie had done it. Still, the weekends have been pretty strong. I think we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31685]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a bit shocking no movie had done it. Still, the weekends have been pretty strong. I think we're getting a better idea of delivering what audiences want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sometimes see a fool possessed of talent, but never of judgment. [Fr., On est quelquefois un sot avec de ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23538]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sometimes see a fool possessed of talent, but never of judgment. [Fr., On est quelquefois un sot avec de l'esprit; mais on ne l'est jamais avec du jugement.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23538</guid></item></channel></rss>