<?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[The Avon to the Severn runs, The Severn, to the sea,  And Wickliff's dust shall spread abroad   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Avon to the Severn runs, The Severn, to the sea,  And Wickliff's dust shall spread abroad   Wide as the waters be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3856]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing. •Marie Carmichael Stopes  Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is great cleverness to known when to conceal one's cleverness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8866]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is great cleverness to known when to conceal one's cleverness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no pain you are recedingA distant ship, smoke on the horizon.You are only coming through in waves.Your lips ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15471]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no pain you are recedingA distant ship, smoke on the horizon.You are only coming through in waves.Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.When I was a child I had a feverMy hands felt just like two balloons.Now I've got that feeling once againI can't explain you would not understandThis is not how I am.I have become comfortably numb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63904]]></link><description><![CDATA[All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20549]]></link><description><![CDATA[When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are skinned. [Fr., Vous semblez les anguilles de ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10494]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are skinned. [Fr., Vous semblez les anguilles de Melun; vous criez devant qu'on vous esorche.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conductor, when you receive a fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare.  A blue trip slip for an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conductor, when you receive a fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare.  A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare,   A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare,    A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare,     Punch in the presence of the passenjare!      Punch, brothers! punch with care!       Punch in the presence of the passenjare!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author: A fool, who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting the generations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Author: A fool, who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting the generations to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. [Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. [Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54138]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its course. [Fr., Je suis le signet qui marque la page ou la revolution s'est arretee; mais quand je serai mort, elle tournera le feuillet et reprendra sa marche.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pump you up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pump you up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think in generalities, but we live in detail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65913]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think in generalities, but we live in detail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defender of his country--the founder of liberty, The friend of man,  History and tradition are explored in vain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61234]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defender of his country--the founder of liberty, The friend of man,  History and tradition are explored in vain   For a parallel to his character.    In the annals of modern greatness     He stands alone;      And the noblest names of antiquity       Lose their lustre in his presence.        Born the benefactor of mankind,         He united all the greatness necessary          To an illustrious career.           Nature made him great,            He made himself virtuous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our investment portfolio continues to contribute positively to the group's result, despite an increase in Foxtel losses, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our investment portfolio continues to contribute positively to the group's result, despite an increase in Foxtel losses,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senator Frist is a good man, he's simply advocating a bad policy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Senator Frist is a good man, he's simply advocating a bad policy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23754]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was looking pretty desperate out here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40174]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was looking pretty desperate out here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is little evidence that mandatory emissions caps actually work. For example, since signing the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36324]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is little evidence that mandatory emissions caps actually work. For example, since signing the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, which mandates the reduction of carbon emissions, both Canada and Greece have seen a nearly 25 percent increase in emissions. According to the European Environment Agency, 13 EU nations that signed onto the Kyoto Protocol are on track to miss their 2010 emissions targets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freud: If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was quite audacious and highly inappropriate. What was he afraid of being asked? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28416]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was quite audacious and highly inappropriate. What was he afraid of being asked?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20714]]></link><description><![CDATA[The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56570]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47091]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57411]]></link><description><![CDATA[All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A white wall is the paper of a foole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49084]]></link><description><![CDATA[A white wall is the paper of a foole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By starlight, I'll kiss you, and promise to be your one and only. I'll make you feel happy and leave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23845]]></link><description><![CDATA[By starlight, I'll kiss you, and promise to be your one and only. I'll make you feel happy and leave you to be lost in mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're looking for a relatively good year in 2006, given that wages are up and the labor market is fairly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38559]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're looking for a relatively good year in 2006, given that wages are up and the labor market is fairly tight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All powerful is the rule of fashion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51584]]></link><description><![CDATA[All powerful is the rule of fashion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24285]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone that helped did a wonderful job, and it resulted in an outstanding tournament, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone that helped did a wonderful job, and it resulted in an outstanding tournament,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17256]]></link><description><![CDATA[The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60820]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66469]]></link><description><![CDATA[If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We can grieve our lost loves, our lost youth, our lost health, our lost capacities. This is part of our humanness, part of the expression of our love for life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trick is to realize that after giving your best, there's nothing more to give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things bright and beautiful, / All creatures great and small, / All things wise and wonderful,/ The Lord God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31239]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things bright and beautiful, / All creatures great and small, / All things wise and wonderful,/ The Lord God made them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character must be kept bright as well as clean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character must be kept bright as well as clean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobodyappreciates how difficult it was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobodyappreciates how difficult it was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obsessions are repetitive thoughts which resemble worry and are accompanied by anxiety. Compulsions are behavioral acts designed to eliminate the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obsessions are repetitive thoughts which resemble worry and are accompanied by anxiety. Compulsions are behavioral acts designed to eliminate the obsessions. And sometimes if your mind becomes so cluttered with obsessions, and your day so filled with compulsions, life as you know becomes completely taken over by anxiety and counterproductive rituals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor ofthinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21258]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor ofthinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage is not the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Same-sex marriage is not the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27891]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Us seniors didn't want it to be our last game. I think we wanted it more than them at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Us seniors didn't want it to be our last game. I think we wanted it more than them at the end. It was a great game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18762]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goose lays the golden egg. Payrolls make consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goose lays the golden egg. Payrolls make consumers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48309</guid></item></channel></rss>