<?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[Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficulties that show what men are ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12259]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficulties that show what men are]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can directly measure water ice, and then we can fly right through the plume. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32593]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can directly measure water ice, and then we can fly right through the plume.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to make a change in as many people's lives as possible in their lifetime, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31481]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to make a change in as many people's lives as possible in their lifetime,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition). [Lat., Dens Theonia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like Theon (i.e., a calumniating disposition). [Lat., Dens Theonia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex without love is merely healthy exercise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(S)ex scenes and bathroom jokes are my bread and butter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39025]]></link><description><![CDATA[(S)ex scenes and bathroom jokes are my bread and butter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will identify most things that are truly dangerous. It will not find nail clippers or box cutters, but those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will identify most things that are truly dangerous. It will not find nail clippers or box cutters, but those are legal. The 9/11 (terrorist attack) was not about box cutters, it was about (pilot) doors people could open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10516]]></link><description><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I meant to lob it over his (Cotton's) head but I missed and he made a good play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32357]]></link><description><![CDATA[I meant to lob it over his (Cotton's) head but I missed and he made a good play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63305]]></link><description><![CDATA[The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65345]]></link><description><![CDATA[True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you cannot enforce, do not command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1485]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you cannot enforce, do not command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an orderly transition, I think. Jordan is taking a less visible role and the broadcast guys are assuming positions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34228]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an orderly transition, I think. Jordan is taking a less visible role and the broadcast guys are assuming positions of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no way this bank should be sold at this price because all the information about the business of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29909]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no way this bank should be sold at this price because all the information about the business of the bank, about the balance sheet, clearly states that this bank should be sold around the 61 to 65 (pound per share) level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunger that persuades to evil. [Lat., Malesuada fames.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunger that persuades to evil. [Lat., Malesuada fames.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men see things as they are and say why... I dream of things that never were and say why ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men see things as they are and say why... I dream of things that never were and say why not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3854]]></link><description><![CDATA[When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity:  To every mother's heart forlorn,   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity:  To every mother's heart forlorn,   In every house the Christ is born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deafe gaines the injury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deafe gaines the injury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the water is below the pickup tube, then it picks up the phase-separated layer of ethanol, water and gasoline, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33798]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the water is below the pickup tube, then it picks up the phase-separated layer of ethanol, water and gasoline, and the engine will run very poorly, if at all, on that mixture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17255]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240  As a man increases in moral strength of character, so his conscience becomes more sensitive; he realizes more keenly the distance that separates him from the ideal, and hence the weight of the feeling of guiltiness oppresses him ever more heavily. Growth in goodness does not, therefore, necessarily imply increased happiness, on the contrary, it may mean greater unhappiness. And his unhappiness increasing in proportion to the elevation of his ethical standards, a man's end is either Buddha or suicide if he knows no God; while if he knows God, it is despair or that conversion which, having sobbed away its tears on the Father's breast, thence derives ever new strength to fight the battle of life, sure of the final victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17043]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to your funeral]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836  Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836  Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager decided to close it because he didn't have any cooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager decided to close it because he didn't have any cooks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every teacher has to learn the lession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every teacher has to learn the lession.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and knowledge is the midwife]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're so involved. They really believe in what they're doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32677]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're so involved. They really believe in what they're doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemned to have an itching palm,  To sell and mart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemned to have an itching palm,  To sell and mart your offices for gold   To undeservers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are the governments in charge or is Ian Paisley in charge? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are the governments in charge or is Ian Paisley in charge?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. Have I not tarried?  Ay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10143]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. Have I not tarried?  Ay, the grinding; but you must tarry the bolting.   Have I not tarried?    Ay, the bolting; but you must tarry the leavening.     Still have I tarried.      Ay, to the leavening; but here's yet in the word 'hereafter' the      kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of the oven, and      the baking; nay, you must stay the cooling too, or you may chance      to burn your lips.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capacity for joy Admits temptation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capacity for joy Admits temptation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Measure not men by Sundays, without regarding what they do all the week after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Measure not men by Sundays, without regarding what they do all the week after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I’ve never sought success in order to get fame and money; it’s the talent and the passion that count in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63127]]></link><description><![CDATA[I’ve never sought success in order to get fame and money; it’s the talent and the passion that count in success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidential. Do I want it back? Absolutely not. Obviously the sled works for her. Did it work for me? Yes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidential. Do I want it back? Absolutely not. Obviously the sled works for her. Did it work for me? Yes, it did. But I was looking for other options.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper. -- Gary Cooper, on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15195]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper. -- Gary Cooper, on his decision to not take the leading role in Gone With The Wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43734]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a part of a continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you desire something from the bottom of your heart, then the entire universe will work for you to give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63038]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you desire something from the bottom of your heart, then the entire universe will work for you to give what you want. The more you believe in the process, the more you will attract towards you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He believed the secrecy stamp was something that was improperly used. And I suspect he would think this was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39969]]></link><description><![CDATA[He believed the secrecy stamp was something that was improperly used. And I suspect he would think this was a continuing abuse of the secrecy stamp to try to remove embarrassing documents from the public eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You stick in the same mire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51762]]></link><description><![CDATA[You stick in the same mire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We romantic writers are there to make people feel and not think. A historical romance is the only kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5805]]></link><description><![CDATA[We romantic writers are there to make people feel and not think. A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64914]]></link><description><![CDATA[For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet, The best house hasn't been planned,  The highest peak hasn't been climbed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best verse hasn't been rhymed yet, The best house hasn't been planned,  The highest peak hasn't been climbed yet,   The mightiest rivers aren't spanned;    Don't worry and fret, faint-hearted,     The chances have just begun      For the best jobs haven't been started,       The best work hasn't been done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will be beloved when he is no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50253]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will be beloved when he is no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50253</guid></item></channel></rss>