<?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[Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109   Those blessed ones of thine... shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109   Those blessed ones of thine... shall rejoice according as they shall love; and they shall love according as they shall know. How far they will know thee, Lord, then! and how much they will love thee!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20013]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On an ongoing basis, manufacturers are raising prices because they can. It enhances profitability, largely because there are few incremental ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32928]]></link><description><![CDATA[On an ongoing basis, manufacturers are raising prices because they can. It enhances profitability, largely because there are few incremental costs, and consumers' response to a higher price is relatively modest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60619]]></link><description><![CDATA[No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are turned ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16453]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are turned]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like smiling images pushed from behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When modesty has once perished, it will never revive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51212]]></link><description><![CDATA[When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21308]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cursed be the man, the poorest wretch in life, The crouching vassal, to the tyrant wife,  Who has no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cursed be the man, the poorest wretch in life, The crouching vassal, to the tyrant wife,  Who has no will but by her high permission;   Who has not sixpence but in her possession;    Who must to her his dear friend's secret tell;     Who dreads a curtain lecture worse than hell.      Were such the wife had fallen to my part,       I'd break her spirit or I'd break her heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1965]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone looks so much better when they smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone looks so much better when they smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth, Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51889]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth, Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,  The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";   The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase confessed.    Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"     "Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;      Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"       And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";        Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";         Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd like to stay located in that facility until the new museum is built. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41128]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd like to stay located in that facility until the new museum is built.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many victories worse than a defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60598]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many victories worse than a defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Unknown Friends are the siblings, God never gave us. -Mencius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Unknown Friends are the siblings, God never gave us. -Mencius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can really make jelly out of anything if you have enough sugar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39273]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can really make jelly out of anything if you have enough sugar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the elected sheriff, ... I serve the people. I don't serve the mayor. I don't serve some politicians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38228]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the elected sheriff, ... I serve the people. I don't serve the mayor. I don't serve some politicians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11291]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, Behold! The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted topleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21934]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted topleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most cases, we're talking about sleeping in an armchair for the night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36332]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most cases, we're talking about sleeping in an armchair for the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[C is for cookie, it's good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10160]]></link><description><![CDATA[C is for cookie, it's good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is a hero to his valet. [Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19225]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is a hero to his valet. [Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy letter sent to prove me, Inflicts no sense of wrong;  No longer wilt thou love me,--   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy letter sent to prove me, Inflicts no sense of wrong;  No longer wilt thou love me,--   Thy letter, though is long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5932]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call no man happy till he is dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call no man happy till he is dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to show the breadth of his expertise as an artist, and how he impacted the preservation of Weir ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29135]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to show the breadth of his expertise as an artist, and how he impacted the preservation of Weir Farm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44499]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of the 36,000 that were served by the food bank last year, food insecure was about 87 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of the 36,000 that were served by the food bank last year, food insecure was about 87 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of people out there who would love to have that law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31342]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of people out there who would love to have that law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're more knowledgeable since I went away. But it's not something that's brought up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36199]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're more knowledgeable since I went away. But it's not something that's brought up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22640]]></link><description><![CDATA[What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The muscles built up by my system aren't the kind that turn into knots of gristle after middle age and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31400]]></link><description><![CDATA[The muscles built up by my system aren't the kind that turn into knots of gristle after middle age and give their owner rheumatic misery, which is generally the ultimate payoff for super athletes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen him pitch a lot. He looks stronger physically from what I've seen and seems to be throwing harder. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34868]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen him pitch a lot. He looks stronger physically from what I've seen and seems to be throwing harder. He's (looking) a lot better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The challenge, which it's aggressively taken on with the Target2010 project, is to shape its explosive growth by generating quality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29369]]></link><description><![CDATA[The challenge, which it's aggressively taken on with the Target2010 project, is to shape its explosive growth by generating quality jobs and opportunities for its citizens versus quantity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It made me happy but sad at the same time, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33162]]></link><description><![CDATA[It made me happy but sad at the same time,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true function of art is to...edit nature and so make it coherent and lovely. The artist is a sort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true function of art is to...edit nature and so make it coherent and lovely. The artist is a sort of impassioned proofreader, blue-penciling the bad spelling of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53257]]></link><description><![CDATA[You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good memory is needed once we have lied. [Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26118]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good memory is needed once we have lied. [Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very high-energy activity. It's a workout. By the time you finish class, you're tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33876]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very high-energy activity. It's a workout. By the time you finish class, you're tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35133]]></link><description><![CDATA[A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15660]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31836]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I have a lot of insecurities about myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31836</guid></item></channel></rss>