<?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 follow-on from this is that E.ON is unlikely to re-bid for Scottish Power in the near term. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The follow-on from this is that E.ON is unlikely to re-bid for Scottish Power in the near term.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None is offended but by himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49660]]></link><description><![CDATA[None is offended but by himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blues, spirituals, and folk tales recounted from mouth to mouth . . . all these formed the channels through which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blues, spirituals, and folk tales recounted from mouth to mouth . . . all these formed the channels through which the racial wisdom flowed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53428]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems very unlikely that anyone will do so for many years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had more chances tonight. The defense got the ball back for us all night, and we were able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32760]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had more chances tonight. The defense got the ball back for us all night, and we were able to make something happen with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4193]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't use others as a crutch, for we must all go our own ways at one point or another, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't use others as a crutch, for we must all go our own ways at one point or another, and when they go you will inevitably fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the queen -- I worked for her for seven years -- enjoys her work. But even if she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the queen -- I worked for her for seven years -- enjoys her work. But even if she didn't enjoy it, she would gauze it as her duty to do what she vowed to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4498]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strike, but hear me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strike, but hear me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The initial reaction is being surprised and pleased. We had feared that this was another giant step down the coast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The initial reaction is being surprised and pleased. We had feared that this was another giant step down the coast by this organism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill news, madam, Are swallow-winged, but what's good  Walks on crutches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill news, madam, Are swallow-winged, but what's good  Walks on crutches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For men must work and women must weep, And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,  And good-bye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62121]]></link><description><![CDATA[For men must work and women must weep, And the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep,  And good-bye to the bar and its moaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can call nothing by name if that is not his name. I call a cat a cat, and Rollet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43634]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can call nothing by name if that is not his name. I call a cat a cat, and Rollet a rogue. [Fr., Je ne puis rien nommer si ce n'est par son nom;  J'appelle un chat un chat, et Rollet un fripon.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48988]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here lies our sovereign lord, the king, Whose word no man relives on,  Who never said a foolish thing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here lies our sovereign lord, the king, Whose word no man relives on,  Who never said a foolish thing,   And never did a wise one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47297]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10022]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a band of angels can turn ugly and start looting if enough angels are unemployed and hanging around the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a band of angels can turn ugly and start looting if enough angels are unemployed and hanging around the Pearly Gates convinced that all the succubi own all the liquor stores in Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which to-day are fables to us! [Fr., Combien de choses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14981]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many things served us yesterday for articles of faith, which to-day are fables to us! [Fr., Combien de choses nous servoient heir d'articles de foy, qui nous sont fables aujourd'hui!]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That might be the first time in school history we're 5-0, but I can't say that for sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38579]]></link><description><![CDATA[That might be the first time in school history we're 5-0, but I can't say that for sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who seeks for aid Must show how service sought can be repaid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who seeks for aid Must show how service sought can be repaid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens. [Lat., Dignum laude virum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens. [Lat., Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori;  Coelo Musa beat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loyalty ... is a realization that America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loyalty ... is a realization that America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46542]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60672]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should manage our fortune as we do our health - enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56369]]></link><description><![CDATA[It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54276]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man was ever endowed with a right without being at the same time saddled with a responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27245]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Rosa Parks had taken a poll before she sat down in the bus in Montgomery, she'd still be standing. -Mary Frances Berry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as more of a process of, as you're coming into town, wanting people to stop and service our businesses, buy their gas and stuff like that. Once you come into town and get into high density growth and mini-stores it becomes more of a distraction and a nuisance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate revolver…and since he is so busy, you'd probably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think a good gift for the President would be a chocolate revolver…and since he is so busy, you'd probably have to run up to him real quick and give it to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20078</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><item><title><![CDATA[It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13438]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through life's dark road his sordid way he wends, An incarnation of fat dividends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through life's dark road his sordid way he wends, An incarnation of fat dividends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was going to call in sick today but he wanted to make more money for the holidays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40942]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was going to call in sick today but he wanted to make more money for the holidays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am fascinated by the act of making something real that at one point is only an idea. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31617]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am fascinated by the act of making something real that at one point is only an idea. It is challenging and beguiling to sense something inside, put it on paper (or carve it in stone), and then step back and see how much has got lost in the process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Weak and imperfect men shall, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Weak and imperfect men shall, notwithstanding their frailties and effects, be received as having pleased God, if they have done their utmost to please Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62720]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13428]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Place your attention 6 inches above your crown.God is breathing in and out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Place your attention 6 inches above your crown.God is breathing in and out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[laws to allow companies to use their profits gained in the United States to build plants overseas and then file ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35589]]></link><description><![CDATA[laws to allow companies to use their profits gained in the United States to build plants overseas and then file bankruptcy just in the United States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3770]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has changed things. It takes more time to get ready to go somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40769]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has changed things. It takes more time to get ready to go somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40769</guid></item></channel></rss>