<?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[He wasn't leaving a lot of stuff over the plate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31538]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wasn't leaving a lot of stuff over the plate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Nokia did in the end was to bypass RIM and go straight to NTP. It's really unfortunate for RIM ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30415]]></link><description><![CDATA[What Nokia did in the end was to bypass RIM and go straight to NTP. It's really unfortunate for RIM to still be dealing with the same issues, which haven't been resolved. It's definitely adversely impacting their business model.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat a horse like a woman and a woman like a horse. And they'll both win for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat a horse like a woman and a woman like a horse. And they'll both win for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3541]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look upon all creatures equally; none are less dear to me and none more dear. But those who worship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43809]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look upon all creatures equally; none are less dear to me and none more dear. But those who worship me with love live in me, and I come to life in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things we're trying to persuade kids to do is not to give out personal details online, don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34701]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things we're trying to persuade kids to do is not to give out personal details online, don't advertise where they are and who they are. The person with whom they may be interacting may not be who they say they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes And interchanged love tokens with my child;  Thou hast by moonlight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes And interchanged love tokens with my child;  Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung   With feigning voice verses of feigning love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimumstrategies and repeating them until they become habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimumstrategies and repeating them until they become habits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's such a quantity of dogs out there. But people there aren't interested in adopting a dog off the street. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35249]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's such a quantity of dogs out there. But people there aren't interested in adopting a dog off the street. They're trying to rebuild their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just to cover the increase in fuel costs over the past two years, American would have had to raise fares ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just to cover the increase in fuel costs over the past two years, American would have had to raise fares nearly $75 per round-trip ticket. During this time period, our average fare increased by only $15.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seems like it's something different every time, ... Denver had tall guys getting right in the gap. To some degree ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seems like it's something different every time, ... Denver had tall guys getting right in the gap. To some degree it was the right spot at the right time. On a wet field, a longer field goal is tough to get the ball up, but you can't fault [Novak]. Sometimes, it's just a gotcha.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind  As man's ingratitude:   Thy tooth is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind  As man's ingratitude:   Thy tooth is not so keen,    Because thou art not seen,     Although thy breath be rude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5340]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We went to some clear-out plays to attack and try to draw some fouls on them. I didn't know if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37677]]></link><description><![CDATA[We went to some clear-out plays to attack and try to draw some fouls on them. I didn't know if that was going to work, but eventually it did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is the end result of all true learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is the end result of all true learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59782]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15696]]></link><description><![CDATA[A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time we got a camera it was gone, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30709]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time we got a camera it was gone,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25804]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail, Columbia! happy land! Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!  Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail, Columbia! happy land! Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!  Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee?  Fed with nourishment divine,   The dewy morning's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee?  Fed with nourishment divine,   The dewy morning's gentle wine!    Nature waits upon thee still,     And thy verdant cup does fill;      'Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread,       Nature's self's thy Ganymede.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's is better to of lived and died, than have never lived and tried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10354]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's is better to of lived and died, than have never lived and tried.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught:  Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught:  Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55446]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all of your worship. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17280]]></link><description><![CDATA[All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5465]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58498]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises,  . . . Epicuri de grege porcum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5762]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3601]]></link><description><![CDATA[My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3859]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred. [Lat., Prima ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62568]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred. [Lat., Prima commendiato proficiscitur a modestia tum pietate in parentes, tum in suos benevolentia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wo be to him that reads but one book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wo be to him that reads but one book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ore doesn't have added value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ore doesn't have added value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In that the wisdom of the few becomes available to the many, there is progress in human affairs; without it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52225]]></link><description><![CDATA[In that the wisdom of the few becomes available to the many, there is progress in human affairs; without it, the static routine of tradition continues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39532]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The trains were never forgotten, but the extent of their influence only came to light with the arrival of the internet and the subsequent flowering of genealogical research. This obsession with roots will be felt especially keenly by foundlings, who often have no way of exploring their family histories.] I notice that genealogical sites now have warnings on them saying people should be ready for little surprises, ... They're not all going to find themselves descended from King Henry VIII or Richard Cur de Lion or Wellington. This is rather strange because it was pretty taken for granted a few generations ago that families had all kinds of little moments where things had gone not according to the book. It was just one of those things. You tried to accommodate it. There was no social welfare. You just had to sort it out within villages, the families, the parish. Children went to the workhouse, but people knew about it. Nowadays, there's a kind of surprise that these cases were so commonplace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50135]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I love and reverence all arts equally, only putting my own just above the others; because in it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/418]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I love and reverence all arts equally, only putting my own just above the others; because in it I recognize the union and culmination of my own. To me it seems as if when God conceived the world, that was Poetry; He formed it, and that was Sculpture; He colored it, and that was Painting; He peopled it with living beings, and that was the grand, divine, eternal Drama.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4498]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2257]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not sufficient. [Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non suffecerit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14101]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole word was not sufficient. [Lat., Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non suffecerit orbis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38304]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13604]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57713</guid></item></channel></rss>