<?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[Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even; A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swear, food, or starve; for the dilemma's even; A tradesman thou! and hope to go to heaven?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66271]]></link><description><![CDATA[What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9125]]></link><description><![CDATA[An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17472]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is not well. I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come!  Till then sit still, my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58413]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is not well. I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come!  Till then sit still, my soul. Foul deeds will rise,   Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want peace, work for justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23603]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want peace, work for justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the weather has been the same for 364 days. It's just a gut-level, immediate concern that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the weather has been the same for 364 days. It's just a gut-level, immediate concern that most people have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47467]]></link><description><![CDATA[The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are made to be loved, not understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are made to be loved, not understood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48533]]></link><description><![CDATA[To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65824]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rills of pleasure never run sincere, (Earth has no unpolluted spring)  From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51852]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rills of pleasure never run sincere, (Earth has no unpolluted spring)  From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;   So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/844]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I could not sleep for cold I had fire enough in my brain,  And builded with roofs of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20526]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I could not sleep for cold I had fire enough in my brain,  And builded with roofs of gold   My beautiful castles in Spain!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63389]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was crazy. I was nervous. I was definitely nervous. My heart was going crazy the whole game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39783]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was crazy. I was nervous. I was definitely nervous. My heart was going crazy the whole game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be,  Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12658]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be,  Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound,   And curs of low degree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is the promise of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is the promise of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word. Thus he dangles before man's fantasy a kingdom of faith, of power, and of peace, into which only he can enter who consents to the temptations; and he conceals from men that he, as the devil, is the most unfortunate and unhappy of beings, since he is finally and eternally rejected by God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14736]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30586]]></link><description><![CDATA[When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although it is still early, we are beginning to notice a negative trend in our weekly revisit rates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although it is still early, we are beginning to notice a negative trend in our weekly revisit rates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have some magazines that have added thousands of international subscribers with nearly no marketing effort from us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35849]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have some magazines that have added thousands of international subscribers with nearly no marketing effort from us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a good baseball game. I thought everything about that game was good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38204]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a good baseball game. I thought everything about that game was good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no proverb which is not true. [Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51894]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no proverb which is not true. [Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider then, O man! whether there can be anything more wretched and poor, more naked and miserable, than man when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider then, O man! whether there can be anything more wretched and poor, more naked and miserable, than man when he dies, if he be not clothed with Christ's righteousness, and enriched in his God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk to him of Jacob's ladder, and he would ask the number of the steps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe understands team. Basketball is not about having the five best players. It's about having five players that play the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joe understands team. Basketball is not about having the five best players. It's about having five players that play the best together. It's a puzzle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No book was ever written down by any but itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53878]]></link><description><![CDATA[No book was ever written down by any but itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as good as I am.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy means not 'I am as good as you are,' but 'You are as good as I am.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51687]]></link><description><![CDATA[A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manufacturing surveys from September confirm that there has been no broad-based deterioration in activity due to the energy price ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manufacturing surveys from September confirm that there has been no broad-based deterioration in activity due to the energy price spike in the aftermath of Katrina. This is quite promising for the growth outlook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[90% of the people in the stock market, professionals and amateurs alike, simply haven't done enough homework. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15838]]></link><description><![CDATA[90% of the people in the stock market, professionals and amateurs alike, simply haven't done enough homework.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success in crime always invites to worse deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66917]]></link><description><![CDATA['I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret isan appalling waste of energy; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret isan appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good forwallowing in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the season well When forest glades are teeming with bright forms,  Nor dark and many-folded clouds foretell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2987]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the season well When forest glades are teeming with bright forms,  Nor dark and many-folded clouds foretell   The coming of storms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But what they don't tell you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11701]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But what they don't tell you is that every time you hear a mouse trap snap, and Angel gets set on fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be good to others, that will protect you against evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it is useless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50554]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it is useless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been given some information that confirms the presence of Syrian intelligence agents still operating inside Lebanon. This includes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42610]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been given some information that confirms the presence of Syrian intelligence agents still operating inside Lebanon. This includes the infiltration by Syria of the Lebanese security forces, some of whom are acting for Syria.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10899]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[At the Garden of Olives Monastery]  "Why are you all so quiet all the time?" I say, still whispering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7385]]></link><description><![CDATA[[At the Garden of Olives Monastery]  "Why are you all so quiet all the time?" I say, still whispering at him in this hoarse voice.  "We are teachers and workers," he says, "not talkers."  "Workers, O.K.," I say, "but how can a teacher be quiet all the time and teach anybody anything?"  "Christ was the best," he says, thinking of something. "He lived thirty-three years. Thirty years he kept quiet; three years he talked. Ten to one for keeping quiet.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7385</guid></item></channel></rss>