<?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[What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25580]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things--either to lose your loan or lose your friend. [Lat., Si quis mutuum quid dederit, sit pro proprio perditum;  Cum repetas, inimicum amicum beneficio invenis tuo.   Si mage exigere cupias, duarum rerum exoritur optio;    Vel illud, quod credideris perdas, vel illum amicum, amiseris.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It gave sellers a chance to lighten up a bit, ... On balance, this just appears to be investors taking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28649]]></link><description><![CDATA[It gave sellers a chance to lighten up a bit, ... On balance, this just appears to be investors taking a breather.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the things that create blight, there's a common thread that runs through all of them. If we were to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30197]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the things that create blight, there's a common thread that runs through all of them. If we were to pull that string tight at one time through all of them, we'd make a lot of headway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44416]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! that the memories which survive us here Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!  Pure relics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! that the memories which survive us here Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!  Pure relics of a blameless life, that shine   Now thou art gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1841]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done. -Richard Needham.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow;  But by-and-by will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow;  But by-and-by will the deed and the plan   Be judged by the motive that lieth below.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27988]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from. -Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go far--too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;--  One meal a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go far--too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;--  One meal a week will serve you, and one suit,   Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain,    The poorer and the baser you appear,     The more you look through still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is well ended, if the suit be won. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51217]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is well ended, if the suit be won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have all the faith in the world in Steve Wynn, ... But a possible downside is the sky-high expectations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have all the faith in the world in Steve Wynn, ... But a possible downside is the sky-high expectations that the company has to live up to. I'd be interested if the stock pulls back and will watch it closely over the next few quarters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares, She blunder'd on some virtue unawares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares, She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions have vested interests just as men have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions have vested interests just as men have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Done is better than perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Done is better than perfect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58601]]></link><description><![CDATA[The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18707</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><item><title><![CDATA[Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew all along this team could be at the top and remain at the top, because we definitely have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29628]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew all along this team could be at the top and remain at the top, because we definitely have the personnel. If we put our mind to it, play 'D' and do all the right things, play for each other, we shouldn't lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is funny. Life isn't categorized into comedy, drama, action, is it?So I don't know why they try to categorize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is funny. Life isn't categorized into comedy, drama, action, is it?So I don't know why they try to categorize everything. It drives me crazy-why it would have to be just a romantic comedy or...I want to have a little integrity, a little story, you know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we came out pretty intense with our full-court defense. We were able to cause some turnovers and get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we came out pretty intense with our full-court defense. We were able to cause some turnovers and get some transitions baskets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is someone you can be alone with and have nothing to do and not be able to think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is someone you can be alone with and have nothing to do and not be able to think of anything to say and be comfortable in the silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Explosive material plus radioactive material equals dirty bomb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Explosive material plus radioactive material equals dirty bomb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wondrous is this great, blue ship that sails around the mighty sun and joy to everyone that rides along. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wondrous is this great, blue ship that sails around the mighty sun and joy to everyone that rides along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains,  Dungeon, or beggary, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4339]]></link><description><![CDATA[O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains,  Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play so that you may be serious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play so that you may be serious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Party honesty is party expediency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Party honesty is party expediency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would have hoped for there to be a willingness to calm things down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34961]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would have hoped for there to be a willingness to calm things down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repentance is another name for aspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repentance is another name for aspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men forget everything; women remember everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men forget everything; women remember everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23520]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62487]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can happen. What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the Olympics coming up and everything we're trying to do after the lockout, the timing really is awful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37383]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the Olympics coming up and everything we're trying to do after the lockout, the timing really is awful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48418]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereotypes useful when the time comes - The two great routes that this sub-propaganda takes are the conditioned reflex and the myth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Love is strong as death; but nothing else is as strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Love is strong as death; but nothing else is as strong as either; and both, love and death, met in Christ. How strong and powerful upon you, then, should that instruction be, that comes to you from both these, the love and death of Jesus Christ!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The WB and ABC are taking some of their more familiar shows and moving them to Thursday just points out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30408]]></link><description><![CDATA[The WB and ABC are taking some of their more familiar shows and moving them to Thursday just points out its going to be an exceedingly competitive time period, ... and points out the popularity of Thursday night as a source of advertising revenues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes adversity impels a person to greater heights, and sometimes it provides the opportunity for that person to be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes adversity impels a person to greater heights, and sometimes it provides the opportunity for that person to be a blessing in the lives of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we hear oxymoronwe think that thosewho eat oxen become morons.. their brains occludedby animal fat.. cannot receive oxygenWhen we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18358]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we hear oxymoronwe think that thosewho eat oxen become morons.. their brains occludedby animal fat.. cannot receive oxygenWhen we hear Oxfamwe think famine..that those who promoteoxeatingcreate famine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;  Grasp it like a man of mettle, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tender handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;  Grasp it like a man of mettle,   And it soft as silk remains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When modesty has once perished, it will never revive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51212]]></link><description><![CDATA[When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got into an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That's a bad place for an argument, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5196]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got into an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That's a bad place for an argument, because then I tried to walk out and slammed the flap. How are you supposed to express your anger in this situation? Zipper it up really quick?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23479</guid></item></channel></rss>