<?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 pitied him in his blindness But can I boast, "I see?" Perhaps there walks a spirit Close by, who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4334]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pitied him in his blindness But can I boast, "I see?" Perhaps there walks a spirit Close by, who pities me]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest men esteem and value nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is as it were another self, to whom we impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy, and comforts us in our affliction; add to this, that his company is an everlasting pleasure to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62424]]></link><description><![CDATA[I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a lady who couldn't keep her legs together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37954]]></link><description><![CDATA[a lady who couldn't keep her legs together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something's going to happen in Cornwall on a bridge. Something controversial involving the Natives. The bridge is going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something's going to happen in Cornwall on a bridge. Something controversial involving the Natives. The bridge is going to be blocked and this is going to be big, national news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work. To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities. Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire is never a gentle master ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire is never a gentle master]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was "You'll never find anyone like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just broke up with someone and the last thing she said to me was "You'll never find anyone like me again!" I'm thinking, "I should hope not! If I don't want you, why would I want someone like you."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23428]]></link><description><![CDATA[But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23653]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it doen't make sense, you should find for the defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They all have wonderful personalities and a wonderful work ethic. Their parents are hard-working people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38028]]></link><description><![CDATA[They all have wonderful personalities and a wonderful work ethic. Their parents are hard-working people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61226]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15946]]></link><description><![CDATA[In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentia effoetum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22914]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentia effoetum corpus tradit senectuti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is perfect in the universe -- even your desire to improve it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12989]]></link><description><![CDATA[If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're at a critical time in the debate and we want the American public to receive a positive message. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39982]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're at a critical time in the debate and we want the American public to receive a positive message. We don't want to do anything to create a backlash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honestly, what drew me to the project was the quality of the script. It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honestly, what drew me to the project was the quality of the script. It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written, ... I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27214]]></link><description><![CDATA[A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist instead of the raped, the murderer instead of the murdered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15418]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39080]]></link><description><![CDATA[We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with terrorists, and which allows itself the luxury of not respecting the law and of defying the international community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These two teams match up well. I expected this type of game all the way through. We were just a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31280]]></link><description><![CDATA[These two teams match up well. I expected this type of game all the way through. We were just a couple of possessions away. We just couldn't get that one basket. They hit their free throws at the end, which did it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They got up on us in the beginning and we weren't able to catch up. It went by so fast, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29489]]></link><description><![CDATA[They got up on us in the beginning and we weren't able to catch up. It went by so fast, it is just a blur to me,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to the Water-Mill: Through the live-long day  How the clicking of its wheel   Wears the hours ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to the Water-Mill: Through the live-long day  How the clicking of its wheel   Wears the hours away!    Languidly the Autumn wind     Stirs the forest leaves,      From the field the reapers sing       Binding up their sheaves:        And a proverb haunts my mind         As a spell is cast,          "The mill cannot grind           With the water that is past."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example is the best precept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example is the best precept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems there are never enough [left-handed] desks. I have worked here for 30 years and the shortage of left-handed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30274]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems there are never enough [left-handed] desks. I have worked here for 30 years and the shortage of left-handed desks has not been a problem before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rolling fictions grow in strength and size, Each author adding to the former lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54561]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rolling fictions grow in strength and size, Each author adding to the former lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13510]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8946]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is love; in no case is it logic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is love; in no case is it logic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43934]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a great sunrise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expected. High oil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28925]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expected. High oil prices played a pivotal role in the market's magnificent run, as they did in stock markets in neighboring oil-rich Gulf States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do to me was kill me and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23713]]></link><description><![CDATA[What was the point of being scared? The only thing they could do to me was kill me and it seemed like they'd been trying to do that a little bit at a time ever since I could remember.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24423]]></link><description><![CDATA[The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One extends one's limits only by exceeding them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22693]]></link><description><![CDATA[One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53432]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. [Lat., Nam ut quisque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60772]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. [Lat., Nam ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60772</guid></item></channel></rss>