<?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[An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33533]]></link><description><![CDATA[An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26325]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money can't buy happiness, but it does quiet the nerves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money can't buy happiness, but it does quiet the nerves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my only one!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. Thanks to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46075]]></link><description><![CDATA[... perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. Thanks to Maria Marquis -Pearl S. Buck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47383]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a delightful thing is the conversation of specialists! One understands absolutely nothing and it's charming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5785]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to believe in a religion that places such a high premium on chastity and virginity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a way to do it better - find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64033]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a way to do it better - find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16990]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne    Certain brief sentences ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52879]]></link><description><![CDATA[I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne    Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. •Jean Rostand    I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desperate courage makes One a majority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desperate courage makes One a majority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no regrets because I did everything by the book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no regrets because I did everything by the book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42963]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,  They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking,   But help it I cannot, I cannot help thinking    How pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho!     How pleasant it is to have money!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fastly misled us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fastly misled us as those that are not wholly wrong, as no timepieces so effectively deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Form'd by thy converse, happily steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Form'd by thy converse, happily steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men argue cases, fools decide them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2379]]></link><description><![CDATA["The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.... It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn." --George Washington]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10005]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There is no greater happiness than this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market got off to a spirited start, but it soon drew to a halt because nobody wants to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35874]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market got off to a spirited start, but it soon drew to a halt because nobody wants to take any risk. There is caution, indeed, because of the elections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government has a solid base. The next government will be judged according to its pre-election promise: to fix Israel's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34779]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government has a solid base. The next government will be judged according to its pre-election promise: to fix Israel's borders based on demographic considerations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15246]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make. -- Response to Debbi Fields' idea of starting Mrs. Fields' Cookies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a quality tournament. It was a good competitive tournament with excellent teams. The tournament is getting better year ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42148]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a quality tournament. It was a good competitive tournament with excellent teams. The tournament is getting better year after year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inventory is definitely moving up there, but we're still in the middle of a seller's market. Homes aren't selling within ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inventory is definitely moving up there, but we're still in the middle of a seller's market. Homes aren't selling within a week, but they are selling. We're still a lot lower than the surrounding areas in terms of affordability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is low-wage workers who are being hurt the most by the steady drip, drip, drip of coverage draining out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34062]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is low-wage workers who are being hurt the most by the steady drip, drip, drip of coverage draining out of the employer-based health insurance system,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand;  I saw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60477]]></link><description><![CDATA[I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs; A palace and a prison on each hand;  I saw from out the wave of her structure's rise   As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand:    A thousand years their cloudy wings expand     Around me, and a dying Glory smiles      O'er the far times, when many a subject land       Look'd to the winged Lion's marble pines,        Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12148]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything that has been accomplished by any other human being in thephysical realm is within the field of possibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything that has been accomplished by any other human being in thephysical realm is within the field of possibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43095]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't kiss an oil well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23878]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't kiss an oil well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is past is prologue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64244]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is past is prologue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline. It helps if you have some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57724]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to make sure I really do leave this company in the best shape I can. After that, there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28405]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to make sure I really do leave this company in the best shape I can. After that, there are a number of options open that look to be quite exciting. But I doubt I'll be working full-time in the Vail Valley.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your life changes the moment you make a new, congruent, and committed decision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54209]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have oftener than once endeavoured to attach some meaning to that aphorism, vulgarly imputed to Shaftesbury, which however we can find nowhere in his works, that "ridicule is the test of truth."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are right at a major turning point in fashion, ... definitely something to watch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36159]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are right at a major turning point in fashion, ... definitely something to watch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think being funny is not anyone's first choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55120]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think being funny is not anyone's first choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always reinventing music. We were an oddity when we formed, just a singer and a keyboard player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41405]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always reinventing music. We were an oddity when we formed, just a singer and a keyboard player.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19451]]></link><description><![CDATA[All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between coarse and refined abuse is the difference between being bruised by a club and wounded by a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between coarse and refined abuse is the difference between being bruised by a club and wounded by a poisoned arrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pansies for ladies all--(I wis That none who wear such brooches miss  A jewel in the mirror). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pansies for ladies all--(I wis That none who wear such brooches miss  A jewel in the mirror).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60525]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60525</guid></item></channel></rss>