<?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[And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8667]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63834]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nobody at home But Jumping Joan,  And father and mother and I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19621]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nobody at home But Jumping Joan,  And father and mother and I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32558]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing their credit card debt, so that they can avoid financial pitfalls that may lead to bankruptcy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66252]]></link><description><![CDATA[If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human - but it feels divine ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19942]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human - but it feels divine]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44202]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation -- it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman of 35 thinks of having children. A man of 35 thinks of Dating children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11104]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman of 35 thinks of having children. A man of 35 thinks of Dating children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do everything with so much love in your heart that you wouldnever want to do it any other way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do everything with so much love in your heart that you wouldnever want to do it any other way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him. Our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him. Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; as long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down. God can do nothing while my interest is in my personal character--He will take care of this if I obey His call. In learning to love God and people as He commanded us to do, obviously your sanctification cannot but come, but not as an end in itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet   The words repeat    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6022]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2436]]></link><description><![CDATA[American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64567]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dote on his very absence. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55557]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dote on his very absence. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to go berry picking on the hogback, God.Keep me on a short leash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17699]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to go berry picking on the hogback, God.Keep me on a short leash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13216]]></link><description><![CDATA[In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear that the Fed will continue well into 2006 has been dramatically reduced, and that's why equities look so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34707]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear that the Fed will continue well into 2006 has been dramatically reduced, and that's why equities look so good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sylphs and ondines And the sea-kings and queens  Long ago, long ago, on the waves built a city, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sylphs and ondines And the sea-kings and queens  Long ago, long ago, on the waves built a city,   As lovely as seems    To some bard in his dreams,     The soul of his latest love-ditty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to work with somebody who wants to do things differently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1154]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to work with somebody who wants to do things differently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This merger will mean a real choice and lower prices in local phone service, faster Internet access and better cable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42514]]></link><description><![CDATA[This merger will mean a real choice and lower prices in local phone service, faster Internet access and better cable TV.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I call'd the devil, and he came, And with wonder his form did I closely scan;  He is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12146]]></link><description><![CDATA[I call'd the devil, and he came, And with wonder his form did I closely scan;  He is not ugly, and is not lame,   But really a handsome and charming man.    A man in the prime of life is the devil,     Obliging, a man of the world, and civil;      A diplomatist too, well skill'd in debate,       He talks quite glibly of church and state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like not lady-slippers, Not yet the sweet-pea blossoms,  Not yet the flaky roses,   Red or white ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25077]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like not lady-slippers, Not yet the sweet-pea blossoms,  Not yet the flaky roses,   Red or white as snow;    I like the chaliced lilies,     The heavy Eastern lilies,      The gorgeous tiger-lilies,       That in our garden grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We talked about defending better and we came out and did it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35028]]></link><description><![CDATA[We talked about defending better and we came out and did it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Porn sells, and that has been the case in the real world and on the Internet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Porn sells, and that has been the case in the real world and on the Internet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as there is life there is danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11058]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as there is life there is danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cult is a religion with no political power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21713]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cult is a religion with no political power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are losing a tug of war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25566]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are losing a tug of war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your arm. You can always buy a new rope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to laugh and jeer and wiggle my ears at your death throes... You can OD on religion or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23207]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to laugh and jeer and wiggle my ears at your death throes... You can OD on religion or dope or war or toadburgers, for all I care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is just a word until it is proven to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is just a word until it is proven to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no death! What seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11303]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no death! What seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath is but a suburb of the life elysian, whose portal we call Death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39594]]></link><description><![CDATA[First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the cruelest animal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the cruelest animal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China has not only become a world major export country, but also an important import market ever since it adopted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36622]]></link><description><![CDATA[China has not only become a world major export country, but also an important import market ever since it adopted the reform and opening-up policies in 1978.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were governments that were not willing to make the concessions necessary, there were spoilers also in the group, let's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40211]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were governments that were not willing to make the concessions necessary, there were spoilers also in the group, let's be quite honest about that, ... I've tried to get them to understand that in our interconnected world, we need to look at issues in much broader terms rather than narrow national interests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65488]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when men league themselves mightily together to promote tolerance and peace on earth, they are likely to be violently intolerant toward those not of a like mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25395]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belshazzar had a letter,-- He never had but one;  Belshazzar's correspondence   Concluded and begun    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belshazzar had a letter,-- He never had but one;  Belshazzar's correspondence   Concluded and begun    In that immortal copy     The conscience of us all      Can read without its glasses       On revelation's wall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To break training without permission is an act of treason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59661]]></link><description><![CDATA[To break training without permission is an act of treason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may ;consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life any time he is ready and prepared to do it. Whenever he develops the desire, he can take away from his life the thing that is defeating it. The capacity for reformation and change lies within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5587</guid></item></channel></rss>