<?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 cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2506]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So bent on self-sanctifying,-- That she never thought of trying  To save her poor husband as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61869]]></link><description><![CDATA[So bent on self-sanctifying,-- That she never thought of trying  To save her poor husband as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become  Old in their youth, and die ere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48767]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become  Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andres took a nice firm shot at the far post because their goalkeeper left it wide open, and he put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Andres took a nice firm shot at the far post because their goalkeeper left it wide open, and he put it in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not done. That's the one thing at this level. Recruiting is really not done until late August. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33920]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not done. That's the one thing at this level. Recruiting is really not done until late August.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A career is born in public, talent in privacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5261]]></link><description><![CDATA[A career is born in public, talent in privacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60030]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter -- often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter -- in the eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really would have been stupid not to have done it. It was also a film that was actually happening, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28393]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really would have been stupid not to have done it. It was also a film that was actually happening, I mean, Miramax was doing it, and it had a kind of legitimacy to it. And once I read the script, I was there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the true price of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the true price of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has been living in the States for eight years so this was just a matter of paperwork. She fits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30052]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has been living in the States for eight years so this was just a matter of paperwork. She fits perfectly in the U.S. which makes me realize there's not much difference between people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's only their third year. There hasn't been that much discipline. Our goal is to get better each day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29498]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's only their third year. There hasn't been that much discipline. Our goal is to get better each day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10319]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. Whenthe judgement day comes, God will find six crumbs. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. Whenthe judgement day comes, God will find six crumbs. Stooping by the coffinlid waiting for something to rise as the something's always did. ImagineHis surprise, bellowing above the general noise, "Where is Effie? Shewas dead." Back to God in a tiny voice: "My name's Maybe."The first crumb said. The number two crumb picked up the song."Might, I'm called. I've done no wrong." Cried the third crumb,"I am Should. Here's our little brother Could and my big sisterWould. Don't punish us for we've been good." And the last crumb, withsome shame, whispered unto God, "My name is Must and with the others,we've been Effie, who isn't alive and never was. Cross the threshold haveno dread. Lift the sheet back in this way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61026]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, Burst at last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63233]]></link><description><![CDATA[See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, Burst at last from winter snows. Earth with heaven above rejoices...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I seem to give a damn, please tell me. I would hate to be giving the wrong impression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27804]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I seem to give a damn, please tell me. I would hate to be giving the wrong impression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31752]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My girlfriend always laughs during sex - no matter what she's reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17460]]></link><description><![CDATA[My girlfriend always laughs during sex - no matter what she's reading.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the statements by the Romanian and Polish authorities are crystal clear. All of those official declarations deny the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35204]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the statements by the Romanian and Polish authorities are crystal clear. All of those official declarations deny the existence of such possible prisons. We do not see any reason now to ask for further clarification at this point in time. Having said that, we will continue to monitor the situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Nature had made all her birds, With no more cares to think on,  She gave a rippling laugh ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4419]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Nature had made all her birds, With no more cares to think on,  She gave a rippling laugh and out   There flew a Bobolinkon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32313]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard to understand and therefore a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opera is like a husband with a foreign title - expensive to support, hard to understand and therefore a supreme social challenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will indulge my sorrows, and give way To all the pangs and fury of despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12002]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will indulge my sorrows, and give way To all the pangs and fury of despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like summer tempest came her tears: Sweet my child, I live for thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like summer tempest came her tears: Sweet my child, I live for thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild harmless, rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our birds are hand-fed by ourselves. Birds don't like to be handled, but hand-feeding is our forte, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our birds are hand-fed by ourselves. Birds don't like to be handled, but hand-feeding is our forte,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one thing over which you have absolute control is your own thoughts. It is this that puts you in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one thing over which you have absolute control is your own thoughts. It is this that puts you in a position to control your own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silver is of less value than gold, gold than virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They plainly saw the writing on the wall. They saw that the way they [crafted] the settlement would not withstand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37841]]></link><description><![CDATA[They plainly saw the writing on the wall. They saw that the way they [crafted] the settlement would not withstand the court's review. So they retreated, making it a private handshake deal between the two of them. As a result, it won't be enforceable in the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the amount of spin and drift that he gets, plus his accuracy. That's what sets him apart, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42550]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the amount of spin and drift that he gets, plus his accuracy. That's what sets him apart,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The school decided to cancel the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37730]]></link><description><![CDATA[The school decided to cancel the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66270]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61977]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They make a desert and they call it peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51671]]></link><description><![CDATA[They make a desert and they call it peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are also resetting our revenue target for fiscal year 2001 to the $7.5 to $8 billion range and our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35142]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are also resetting our revenue target for fiscal year 2001 to the $7.5 to $8 billion range and our target for EPS to the $1.10 to $1.25 range,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you review them from someone else's perspective, you have a better filtering system to filter out people that wouldn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39435]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you review them from someone else's perspective, you have a better filtering system to filter out people that wouldn't work for you,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49791]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26596]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9217]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of competitiveness is liberated when we make people believe that what they think and do is important - and then get out of their way while they do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62551</guid></item></channel></rss>