<?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[It's quiet, it's offset. If you didn't know it was here, you wouldn't have a reason to come here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41443]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's quiet, it's offset. If you didn't know it was here, you wouldn't have a reason to come here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53432]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law and order is now a big issue, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law and order is now a big issue,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We expect increased demand in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region for our products and services in the near future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35748]]></link><description><![CDATA[We expect increased demand in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region for our products and services in the near future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God doesn't believe in the easy way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36992]]></link><description><![CDATA[God doesn't believe in the easy way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So often, it's the men and their business dealings that make it down through history. But this gives us a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40130]]></link><description><![CDATA[So often, it's the men and their business dealings that make it down through history. But this gives us a chance to look at the females of these times and the strong roles they played in society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of democracy is not that everyone makes and administers laws but that lawgivers and rulers should be dependent on the people's will in such a way that they may be peaceably changed if conflict occurs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9393]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the measure of what nature can and knows how to do, since, when one comes down to it, there is not one effect in nature, no matter how small, that even the most speculative minds can fully understand. -Galileo Galilei.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9393</guid></item><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[We were focusing on college students' attitudes toward foreign policy and for religion and morality. As part of any survey, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40252]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were focusing on college students' attitudes toward foreign policy and for religion and morality. As part of any survey, in today's youth and college students in particular, we had to focus on the Iraq war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given the friendly relations between Russia and Iran, I hope we will settle the crisis that has emerged recently together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given the friendly relations between Russia and Iran, I hope we will settle the crisis that has emerged recently together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hypocrite is in himself both the archer and the mark, in all actions shooting at his own praise or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20223]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hypocrite is in himself both the archer and the mark, in all actions shooting at his own praise or profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God keeps a niche In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit  He brake them to our faces, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19081]]></link><description><![CDATA[God keeps a niche In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit  He brake them to our faces, and denied   That our close kisses should impair their white,--    I know we shall behold them raised, complete,     The dust swept from their beauty, glorified,      New Memnons singing in the great God-light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is a passionate intuition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is a passionate intuition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45315]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The other night [in a loss to Philadelphia], we didn't do what we needed to do offensively. No matter how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The other night [in a loss to Philadelphia], we didn't do what we needed to do offensively. No matter how much I play, I want to do a better job of helping change that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a devil in every berry of the grape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50540]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a devil in every berry of the grape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is of the race of the mushroom; he covers himself altogether with his head. [Lat., Fungino genere est; capite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18394]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is of the race of the mushroom; he covers himself altogether with his head. [Lat., Fungino genere est; capite se totum tegit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor. [Lat., Gratia, quae ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15479]]></link><description><![CDATA[A favor tardily bestowed is no favor; for a favor quickly granted is a more agreeable favor. [Lat., Gratia, quae tarda est, ingrata est: gratia namque  Cum fieri properat, gratia grata magis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't have. Life is a gift!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank you to all the people who helped us get this house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank you to all the people who helped us get this house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a different matter with sheep. Once their wool is waterlogged, they drown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64287]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems that when we are oppressed by the knowledge of our worthlessness we do not see ourselves as lower ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52319]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems that when we are oppressed by the knowledge of our worthlessness we do not see ourselves as lower than some and higher than others, but as lower than the lowest of mankind. We hate then the whole world, and we would pour our wrath upon the whole of creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personally, I have a great admiration for stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade.  Where'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where'er you walk cool gales shall fan the glade, Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade.  Where'er you tread the blushing flowers shall rise,   And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The immortal swan that did her life deplore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The immortal swan that did her life deplore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is going to take me two-and-a-half hours - so instead of a nice meal I'm going to be stuck ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41907]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is going to take me two-and-a-half hours - so instead of a nice meal I'm going to be stuck with beans on toast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41907</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[One does not have to be an angel in order to be saint. -Albert Schweitzer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55242]]></link><description><![CDATA[One does not have to be an angel in order to be saint. -Albert Schweitzer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's interesting sculpturally. It has horns like a bull, a beak like a bird and nostrils like a rhinoceros. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42460]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's interesting sculpturally. It has horns like a bull, a beak like a bird and nostrils like a rhinoceros. It's just wacky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is big and this is important. This is not about raising money, it's about raising interest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38164]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is big and this is important. This is not about raising money, it's about raising interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Bush is taking the entire month of August off. Bush said today he thinks it is important for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48142]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Bush is taking the entire month of August off. Bush said today he thinks it is important for a president to spend time away from Washington. Or at least that's what Dick Cheney told him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is a packsack of invisible keepsakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Older people are seen basically as doddery but dear, and young people perhaps as clever but callous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Older people are seen basically as doddery but dear, and young people perhaps as clever but callous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To shoot at crows is powder flung away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10771]]></link><description><![CDATA[To shoot at crows is powder flung away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61473]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23408]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11300]]></link><description><![CDATA[The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11300</guid></item></channel></rss>