<?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[What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12533]]></link><description><![CDATA[What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always count the cost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always count the cost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Married or unmarried, young or old, poet or worker, you are still a dreamer, and will one time know, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Married or unmarried, young or old, poet or worker, you are still a dreamer, and will one time know, and feel, that your life is but a dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midnight, and yet no eye Through all the Imperial City closed in sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Midnight, and yet no eye Through all the Imperial City closed in sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a major disaster when a person allows some success to become a stopping place rather than a way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6367]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a major disaster when a person allows some success to become a stopping place rather than a way station on to a larger goal. It often happens that an early success is a greater moral hazard than an early failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shouldn't punish others for your own choices ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55079]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shouldn't punish others for your own choices]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest,  Such as I love; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15594]]></link><description><![CDATA[This night I hold an old accustomed feast, Whereto I have invited many a guest,  Such as I love; and you among the store,   One more, most welcome, makes my number more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The number of different things that you can do with these mice is huge. One can say, 'OK, show me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31727]]></link><description><![CDATA[The number of different things that you can do with these mice is huge. One can say, 'OK, show me all the mice that are anemic,' ... and you immediately come up with a list of genes, many of which you never would have thought of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You make a decision about how you want to live your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37118]]></link><description><![CDATA[You make a decision about how you want to live your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Order is never observed; it is disorder that attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Order is never observed; it is disorder that attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every disasters screams for humor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every disasters screams for humor]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18489]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our armies swore terrible in Flanders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our armies swore terrible in Flanders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are we when we are alone? Some, when they are alone, cease to exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52325]]></link><description><![CDATA[What are we when we are alone? Some, when they are alone, cease to exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like a house. Eventually things start wearing out. There's always something you can be doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33863]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like a house. Eventually things start wearing out. There's always something you can be doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out. Those who suffer most cry out the least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  I do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it I do not hear myself. I entreat Him that He will think of me; but I regard neither myself nor Him. Nay, what is worse, turning over corrupt and evil thoughts in mine heart, I thrust a dreadful offensiveness into His presence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19446]]></link><description><![CDATA[We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a reasonable model which could be used in other ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37010]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a reasonable model which could be used in other ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is us; we are the government, you and I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18038]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is us; we are the government, you and I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secrets are made to be found out with time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Secrets are made to be found out with time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He doth entreat your grace, my noble lord, To visit him to-morrow or next day:  He is within, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26794]]></link><description><![CDATA[He doth entreat your grace, my noble lord, To visit him to-morrow or next day:  He is within, with two right reverend fathers,   Divinely bent to meditation,    And in no worldly suits would he be moved     To draw him from his holy exercise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like work; It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62163]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like work; It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5297]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good model can advance fashion by ten years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15355]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good model can advance fashion by ten years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the Christian, love is the works of love. To say that love is a feeling or anything of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8178]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the Christian, love is the works of love. To say that love is a feeling or anything of the kind is really an un-Christian conception of love. That is the aesthetic definition and therefore fits the erotic and everything of that nature. But to the Christian, love is the works of love. Christ's love was not an inner feeling, a full heart and what-not: it was the work of love which was his life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole musical landscape is being organized through the choreography. It was as if the dancers themselves became my score. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole musical landscape is being organized through the choreography. It was as if the dancers themselves became my score.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If no one is going to the malls, they're not going to advertise as much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34320]]></link><description><![CDATA[If no one is going to the malls, they're not going to advertise as much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you keep by you, you may change and mend; But words once spoke can never be recall'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48943]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you keep by you, you may change and mend; But words once spoke can never be recall'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. [Ger., O der alles vergrossernden Eifersucht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23165]]></link><description><![CDATA[O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles. [Ger., O der alles vergrossernden Eifersucht.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61740]]></link><description><![CDATA[We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplicity of the interaction is one of the most critical things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplicity of the interaction is one of the most critical things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fewer words the better prayer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fewer words the better prayer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a time early on in the days of Danni's Hard Drive that we were within the top 10 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32616]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a time early on in the days of Danni's Hard Drive that we were within the top 10 Web sites in the world,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62310]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs.  And he clothes them with thunders and beauty,   He clothes them with music and fire,    Seeing not, as he bows by their altars,     That he worships his own desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boast during the day; be humble at night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boast during the day; be humble at night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing,  She is a bonny wee thing,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61872]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing,  She is a bonny wee thing,   This sweet wee wife o' mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to help you to grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19166]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to help you to grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when he thought of you first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt, Since riches point to misery and contempt? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt, Since riches point to misery and contempt?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because they know not the forces of nature, and in order that they may have comrades in their ignorance, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because they know not the forces of nature, and in order that they may have comrades in their ignorance, they suffer not that others should search out anything, and would have us believe like rustics and ask no reason...But we ask in all things a reason must be sought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62597]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up to something, that's news. If they aren't, that's news too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62597</guid></item></channel></rss>