<?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[[Doug Allen, the owner of Long Acre Farms in Macedon, N.Y., spends his days operating heavy machinery, welding and handling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33930]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Doug Allen, the owner of Long Acre Farms in Macedon, N.Y., spends his days operating heavy machinery, welding and handling chemicals.] My hands are a mess, ... I've had problems with my hands cracking and not being studious enough to use lotion every night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ancient times, the sacred Plough employ'd The Kings and awful Fathers of mankind:  And some, with whom compared ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1966]]></link><description><![CDATA[In ancient times, the sacred Plough employ'd The Kings and awful Fathers of mankind:  And some, with whom compared your insect-tribes   Are but the beings of a summer's day,    Have held the Scale of Empire, ruled the Storm     Of mighty War; then, with victorious hand,      Disdaining little delicacies, seized       The Plough, and, greatly independent, scorned        All the vile stores corruption can bestow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benefits are acceptable, while the receiver thinks he may return them; but once exceeding that, hatred is given instead of thanks. [Lat., Beneficia usque eo laeta sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse; ubi multum antevenere pro gratia odium redditur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24788]]></link><description><![CDATA[The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She can cover a lot of ground and is our quarterback in the outfield. She also has a great stick, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34260]]></link><description><![CDATA[She can cover a lot of ground and is our quarterback in the outfield. She also has a great stick, so she'll be important on offense and defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every why hath a wherefore. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every why hath a wherefore. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux poses a real challenge for those with a taste for late-nighthacking (and/or conversations with God). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Linux poses a real challenge for those with a taste for late-nighthacking (and/or conversations with God).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pilot of the Galilean Lake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6135]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Pilot of the Galilean Lake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27782]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25239]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never till then so many thunderbolts from cloudless skies. (Bolt from the blue.) [Lat., Non alias caelo ceciderunt plura sereno.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never till then so many thunderbolts from cloudless skies. (Bolt from the blue.) [Lat., Non alias caelo ceciderunt plura sereno.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45148]]></link><description><![CDATA[No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we could know which of us, darling, would be the first to go, who would be first to breast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4157]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we could know which of us, darling, would be the first to go, who would be first to breast the swelling tide and step alone upon the other side -- if we could know!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I try to be known more for my work than for anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I try to be known more for my work than for anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've experienced (more times than I like to admit) avoiding slightly uncomfortable conversations with others I should have had on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33027]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've experienced (more times than I like to admit) avoiding slightly uncomfortable conversations with others I should have had on the front end and then endured much more excruciating ones on the back end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52345]]></link><description><![CDATA[What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like a fire. It goes through a journey, and each stage is interesting. I don't regret the passing of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34972]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like a fire. It goes through a journey, and each stage is interesting. I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reward of suffering is experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reward of suffering is experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's got to be the ultimate goal, ... that's what everybody wants to see done in the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39993]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's got to be the ultimate goal, ... that's what everybody wants to see done in the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't even sure we were going to be here but to have the medals around our necks is just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30050]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't even sure we were going to be here but to have the medals around our necks is just amazing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 1990s customer expects service to be characterized by fast and efficient computer-based systems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15753]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 1990s customer expects service to be characterized by fast and efficient computer-based systems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of love is seeking variety in your life together, and never letting routine chords dull the melody of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25783]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of love is seeking variety in your life together, and never letting routine chords dull the melody of your romance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14006]]></link><description><![CDATA[With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(The hype) speaks for itself. It's a big game, and we're going to be prepared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36370]]></link><description><![CDATA[(The hype) speaks for itself. It's a big game, and we're going to be prepared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power seldome grows old at Court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power seldome grows old at Court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24798]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would you kick an opponent when he was down? Yes, if I thought he might get up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Would you kick an opponent when he was down? Yes, if I thought he might get up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54474]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real Madrid is in a mess because it's suffering really high pressure and demands. We must take the initiative because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real Madrid is in a mess because it's suffering really high pressure and demands. We must take the initiative because we're at home, we're only a point behind and we can make history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illusion is the first of all pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illusion is the first of all pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. [It., D'uomo e il ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53811]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. [It., D'uomo e il fallir, ma dal malvagio il buono  Scerne il dolor del fallo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56768]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leisure is the exultation of the possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leisure is the exultation of the possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50038</guid></item></channel></rss>