<?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[Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/95]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/95</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We felt we had been badly let down by Historic Scotland. They were concerned about catering for visitors to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33837]]></link><description><![CDATA[We felt we had been badly let down by Historic Scotland. They were concerned about catering for visitors to the castle and some health-and-safety issues, but suggestions were made to resolve these and with a bit of goodwill and better joint working it could have happened. At the time, I don't think there was a meaningful attempt to do so but we need to ensure that these concerts happen next year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.  But fear, the last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.  But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind,   And horrow heavy sat on every mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things truly wicked start from innocence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63429]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things truly wicked start from innocence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a couple of conversations (Monday) but there's nothing to report. At this point, I can't read the situation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35906]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a couple of conversations (Monday) but there's nothing to report. At this point, I can't read the situation at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He challenged the church to rethink its own mission in the radically secular world of the twentieth century... The nonbelieving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6516]]></link><description><![CDATA[He challenged the church to rethink its own mission in the radically secular world of the twentieth century... The nonbelieving brave men he met in the anti-Nazi underground, the stark realities of prison life, and his disappointment in the professional churchmen of Germany, all may have influenced Bonhoeffer to see real Christianity as "non-religious" and "worldly"... The opposition between sacred and secular, supernatural and natural, seemed unreal to him -- the apparent opposites are united in Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His experiences in having led other organizations toward national awards proved to be invaluable in our own march toward the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38093]]></link><description><![CDATA[His experiences in having led other organizations toward national awards proved to be invaluable in our own march toward the Baldrige.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24619]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's up to Gary. He's not some spectacle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33388]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's up to Gary. He's not some spectacle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which a good thing may pass over unobserved, or be lost among commissions of bankrupt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And on the balmy zephyrs tranquil rest The silver clouds.   - John Keats, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62665]]></link><description><![CDATA[And on the balmy zephyrs tranquil rest The silver clouds.   - John Keats,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet, ... The White T. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet, ... The White T.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn't get anyone else to listen to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn't get anyone else to listen to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20369]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let every man practise the trade which he best understands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings, goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48363]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings, goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury, and make sharper the contest between the House of Have and the House of Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babe was a wonderful person. He was just a big kid who loved the limelight. If 500 children were waiting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Babe was a wonderful person. He was just a big kid who loved the limelight. If 500 children were waiting for his autograph, he'd stand there and sign for each one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45713]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is however a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt like these days, people are building silos in their lives. I wanted to restore the relationships and connected-ness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40989]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt like these days, people are building silos in their lives. I wanted to restore the relationships and connected-ness of a community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We simply don't want residents and tourists to see the Royal Mile in this kind of shape, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33843]]></link><description><![CDATA[We simply don't want residents and tourists to see the Royal Mile in this kind of shape,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57935]]></link><description><![CDATA[And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't expect mangoes when you plant papayas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't expect mangoes when you plant papayas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognises genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognises genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51414]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything went according to plan, as we were counting on Sastre, Peron and Piil to do really well today and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything went according to plan, as we were counting on Sastre, Peron and Piil to do really well today and at the last intermediate time it even looked as if Sastre might take the second place, but unfortunately he stalled a bit towards the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to talk and to do yogic breathing exercisesat the same time. Kissing, talking, eating, breathing..must drive carefully ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/202]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to talk and to do yogic breathing exercisesat the same time. Kissing, talking, eating, breathing..must drive carefully in each others' corridors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd like to see Bonneville use the (surplus power) sales to keep rates as low as possible. We don't need ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32818]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd like to see Bonneville use the (surplus power) sales to keep rates as low as possible. We don't need another rate-raising factor out of our control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks talk is cheap has never argued with a traffic cop. -Henny Youngman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks talk is cheap has never argued with a traffic cop. -Henny Youngman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People talk about it being so heavy, but right now it feels weightless around my neck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35787]]></link><description><![CDATA[People talk about it being so heavy, but right now it feels weightless around my neck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109  O Lord our God, grant us grace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Anselm, Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1109  O Lord our God, grant us grace to desire Thee with our whole heart; that, so desiring,we may seek, and seeking find Thee; and so finding Thee may love Thee; and loving Thee, may hate those sins from which Thou hast redeemed us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before I left, I opened a lot of doors for a lot of people to play the blues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst thing about work in the house or home is that whatever you do it is destroyed, laid waste ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19912]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst thing about work in the house or home is that whatever you do it is destroyed, laid waste or eaten within twenty-four hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like one that on a lonesome road  Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like one that on a lonesome road  Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round walks on,  And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend  Doth close behind him tread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All powerful is the rule of fashion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51584]]></link><description><![CDATA[All powerful is the rule of fashion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A retentive memory is a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26979]]></link><description><![CDATA[A retentive memory is a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18999]]></link><description><![CDATA[A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats are designated friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats are designated friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My home is in Heaven. I\'m just traveling through this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66681]]></link><description><![CDATA[My home is in Heaven. I\'m just traveling through this world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66681</guid></item></channel></rss>