<?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[The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks at your door but is playing an anvil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The actual fact is that in this day Opportunity not only knocks at your door but is playing an anvil chorus on every man's door, and then lays for the owner around the corner with a club. The world is in sore need of men who can do things. Indeed, cases can easily be recalled by every one where Opportunity actually smashed in the door and collared her candidate and dragged him forth to success. These cases are exceptional, usually you have to meet Opportunity half-way. But the only place where you can get away from Opportunity is to lie down and die. Opportunity does not trouble dead men, or dead ones who flatter themselves that they are alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45629]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not as great a day for the bride as she thinks. She's not marrying the best man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27296]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not as great a day for the bride as she thinks. She's not marrying the best man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one looks at the results so far for Stephen King, it is something of a wash, ... He simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28959]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one looks at the results so far for Stephen King, it is something of a wash, ... He simply has made back the money it cost him to pursue this means of reaching his audience with his latest work. For authors who don't have the track record, reputation and built-in audience following of a Stephen King, obviously his example is one that doesn't necessarily encourage them to go out and dismiss their publishers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royko said it was the worst thing anybody could ever do to him, ... Here he had been gratuitously nasty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Royko said it was the worst thing anybody could ever do to him, ... Here he had been gratuitously nasty, and the guy calls up and makes a joke about it. He said it was totally disarming. It was also totally brilliant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou  Beside me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45467]]></link><description><![CDATA[A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou  Beside me singing in the Wilderness--   On, Wilderness were Paradise enow!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52098]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18380]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those presents are the most acceptable which are enhanced by our regard for the donor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66826]]></link><description><![CDATA[What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cock and the Jewel A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1514]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cock and the Jewel A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone and exclaimed: If your owner had found thee, and not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy first estate; but I have found thee for no purpose. I would rather have one barleycorn than all the jewels in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8885]]></link><description><![CDATA[My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13939]]></link><description><![CDATA[True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to give a visual example of the project's intention, inspire other artists to submit proposals and get local ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40692]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to give a visual example of the project's intention, inspire other artists to submit proposals and get local merchants to sponsor those artists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the best solution today. We are expanding beyond the financial sector by utilizing our mid-market machines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33100]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the best solution today. We are expanding beyond the financial sector by utilizing our mid-market machines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The United Nations believes that acceptance of these principles will help the Palestinian people achieve their legitimate goal of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The United Nations believes that acceptance of these principles will help the Palestinian people achieve their legitimate goal of an end to occupation and the creation of an independent and viable state, living in peace and security with its neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not given the truth; as I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not given the truth; as I said more than a year ago, knowing what we know now, I would not have gone to war in Iraq. And knowing now the full measure of the Bush Administration’s duplicity and incompetence, I doubt there are many members of Congress who would give them the authority they abused so badly. I know I would not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silent, grim, colossal, the Big City has ever stood against its revilers. They call it hard as iron; they say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silent, grim, colossal, the Big City has ever stood against its revilers. They call it hard as iron; they say that nothing of pity beats in its bosom; they compare its streets with lonely forests and deserts of lava. But beneath the hard crust of the lobster is found a delectable and luscious food. Perhaps a different simile would have been wiser. Still nobody should take offence. We would call nobody a lobster with good and sufficient claws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonsense and beauty have close connections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonsense and beauty have close connections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've come to this conclusion with unexpected and heartening speed, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40887]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've come to this conclusion with unexpected and heartening speed,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is a game between two teams of nine players each, under direction of a manager, played on an enclosed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is a game between two teams of nine players each, under direction of a manager, played on an enclosed field in accordance with these rules, under jurisdiction of one or more umpires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66397]]></link><description><![CDATA[People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60152]]></link><description><![CDATA[What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sped up my XT; ran it on 220v! Works greO?_|. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sped up my XT; ran it on 220v! Works greO?_|.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think ultimately you've got to see how they do in the playoffs. But last year's team was good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41342]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think ultimately you've got to see how they do in the playoffs. But last year's team was good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive they nearly always have bad memories and are usually stupid at bottom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank heaven. A bachelor's life is no life for a single man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank heaven. A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She stood breast-high amid the corn, Clasp'd by the golden light of morn,  Like the sweetheart of the sun, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58293]]></link><description><![CDATA[She stood breast-high amid the corn, Clasp'd by the golden light of morn,  Like the sweetheart of the sun,   Who many a glowing kiss had won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asylum of the oppressed of every nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Asylum of the oppressed of every nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988 I greet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Easter Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988 I greet Thy sepulchre, salute Thy grave,  That blest enclosure, where the angels gave  The first glad tidings of Thy early light,  And resurrection from the earth and night.  I see that morning in Thy convert's tears,  Fresh as the dew, which but this downing wears.  I smell her spices; and her ointment yields  As rich a scent as the now primrosed fields:  The Day-star smiles, and light, with Thee deceased,  Now shines in all the chambers of the East.  ... Henry Vaughan April 24, 2000 Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  The [Christian] "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more adequate, namely the actual incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a result of this, people are calling for one or two more Fed moves. The dollar is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34925]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a result of this, people are calling for one or two more Fed moves. The dollar is going to be a little bid on this one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect. -The Taming of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55703]]></link><description><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35517]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a fundamental difference between the appeal of a mass movement and the appeal of a practical organization. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56860]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a fundamental difference between the appeal of a mass movement and the appeal of a practical organization. The practical organization offers opportunities for self-advancement, and its appeal is mainly to self-interest. On the other hand, a mass movement, particularly in its active, revivalist phase, appeals not to those intent on bolstering and advancing a cherished self, but to those who crave to be rid of an unwanted self. A mass movement attracts and holds a following not because it can satisfy the desire for self-advancement, but because it can satisfy the passion for self-renunciation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53337]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a new artist you're just hoping people notice you any way possible just so you can get your music ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39710]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a new artist you're just hoping people notice you any way possible just so you can get your music to them, ... Then you just hope they dig the music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39710</guid></item></channel></rss>