<?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[Life ain't all beer and skittles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life ain't all beer and skittles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59476]]></link><description><![CDATA[My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10625]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a broad, bold claim. We'll know in a year if they delivered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28979]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a broad, bold claim. We'll know in a year if they delivered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we go down and have no phones, no computers and no cell phones, we are still going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28173]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we go down and have no phones, no computers and no cell phones, we are still going to be able to communicate,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The Ottoman Empire] has the body of a sick old man, who tried to appear healthy, although his end was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59903]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The Ottoman Empire] has the body of a sick old man, who tried to appear healthy, although his end was near.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This exchange has allowed all of these groups to state their position on the current crisis and their proposals to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30089]]></link><description><![CDATA[This exchange has allowed all of these groups to state their position on the current crisis and their proposals to get out of it as soon as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which is worse? the wolf who cries beforeeating the lamb or the wolf who does not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Which is worse? the wolf who cries beforeeating the lamb or the wolf who does not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16491]]></link><description><![CDATA[To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can believe anything provided it is incredible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can believe anything provided it is incredible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25223]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37026]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is to understand how we can help people make the right choices to understand that they have real control of a lot of the health risks in their lives,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who trust us educate us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who trust us educate us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go farther than a great idea that inspires no one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42064]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go farther than a great idea that inspires no one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11153]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A song to the oak, the brave old oak, Who hath ruled in the greenwood long;  Here's health and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44712]]></link><description><![CDATA[A song to the oak, the brave old oak, Who hath ruled in the greenwood long;  Here's health and renown to his broad green crown,   And his fifty arms so strong.    There's fear in his frown when the Sun goes down,     And the fire in the West fades out;      And he showeth his might on a wild midnight,       When the storms through his branches shout.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59886]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know, ... I wish I could find out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29900]]></link><description><![CDATA[What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know, ... I wish I could find out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all in one, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21995]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long term study of people who eventually become wealthy clearly reveals that their "Luck" arouse from the accidental dedication they had to an area they enjoyed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65299]]></link><description><![CDATA[My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final reality, and the ultimate fact of our total situation to which we need to be adjusted, is God. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8417]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final reality, and the ultimate fact of our total situation to which we need to be adjusted, is God. That indeed would be my definition of God: God is He with whom we have ultimately to do, the final reality to which we have to face up, and with whom we have, in the last resort, to reckon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is knowing how far to go too far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is knowing how far to go too far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be little liking where there is no likeness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28488]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be little liking where there is no likeness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14132]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48100]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46435]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politeness wins the confidence of princes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politeness wins the confidence of princes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price of greatness is responsibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18273]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price of greatness is responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way,  That private reason 'tis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12633]]></link><description><![CDATA[And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way,  That private reason 'tis more just to curb,   Than by disputes the public peace disturb;    For points obscure are of small use to learn,     But common quiet is mankind's concern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilised ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilised man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15807]]></link><description><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the two are connected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2300]]></link><description><![CDATA[ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The male stereotype makes masculinity not just a fact of biology but something that must be proved and re-proved, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The male stereotype makes masculinity not just a fact of biology but something that must be proved and re-proved, a continual quest for an ever-receding Holy Grail]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The names above him [Andrew Strauss] on the list date back generations to the days of cricketing folklore: Herbert Sutcliffe, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The names above him [Andrew Strauss] on the list date back generations to the days of cricketing folklore: Herbert Sutcliffe, Len Hutton and Wally Hammond.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the more he is able to accomplish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29754]]></link><description><![CDATA[That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never propose to thy self such a God, as thou wert not bound to imitate: Thou mistakest God, if thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never propose to thy self such a God, as thou wert not bound to imitate: Thou mistakest God, if thou make him to be any such thing, or make him to do any such thing, as thou in thy proportion shouldst not be, or shouldst not do. And shouldst thou curse any man that had never offended, never transgrest, never trespass thee? Can God have done so? Will God curse man, before man have sinned?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening.... Come up. I'll tell your fortune.... Ah, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43341]]></link><description><![CDATA['Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening.... Come up. I'll tell your fortune.... Ah, you can be had.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43341</guid></item></channel></rss>