<?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[A very ancient and fish-like smell. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56095]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very ancient and fish-like smell. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48494]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty. [Lat., Semel profecto premere felices deus  Cum coepit, urget; hos habent magna exitus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is wasted on the young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is wasted on the young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44866]]></link><description><![CDATA[My occupation now, I suppose, is jail inmate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40347]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56782]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it will ridicule any departure from it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you've walked up the Rue la Paix at Paris, Been to the Louvre and the Tuileries,  And to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45538]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you've walked up the Rue la Paix at Paris, Been to the Louvre and the Tuileries,  And to Versailles, although to go so far is   A thing not quite consistent with your ease,    And--but the mass of objects quite a bar is     To my describing what the traveller sees.      You who have ever been to Paris, know;       And you who have not been to Paris--go!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world abhors closeness, and all but admires extravagance; yet a slack hand shows weakness, and a tight hand strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13335]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world abhors closeness, and all but admires extravagance; yet a slack hand shows weakness, and a tight hand strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cotton is King. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cotton is King.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war is history, the Iran-Iraq borders should turn into borders of peace and friendship, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The war is history, the Iran-Iraq borders should turn into borders of peace and friendship,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That wasn't the end of it, either. This man and his lady friend, that I knew nothing about before this, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31246]]></link><description><![CDATA[That wasn't the end of it, either. This man and his lady friend, that I knew nothing about before this, came to the shelter and offered me a way out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told her 'one day at a time.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told her 'one day at a time.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first art to be learned by a ruler is to endure envy. [Lat., Ars prima regni posse te invidiam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first art to be learned by a ruler is to endure envy. [Lat., Ars prima regni posse te invidiam pati.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very good news. A lot of larger institutions have already adopted this approach. At least for today, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33370]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very good news. A lot of larger institutions have already adopted this approach. At least for today, this is the best thing we can offer our patients.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A champion is someone who does not settle for that day's practice, that day's competition, that day's performance. They are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56724]]></link><description><![CDATA[A champion is someone who does not settle for that day's practice, that day's competition, that day's performance. They are always striving to be better. They don't live in the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26600]]></link><description><![CDATA[All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not easy being green. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21564]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not easy being green.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right reason is stronger than force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right reason is stronger than force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately, it's clear that it won't work to try and take away equal marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, it's clear that it won't work to try and take away equal marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oaks with solemnity shook their heads; The twigs of the birch-trees, in token  Of warning, nodded,--and I exclaim'd: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oaks with solemnity shook their heads; The twigs of the birch-trees, in token  Of warning, nodded,--and I exclaim'd:   "Dear Monarch, forgive what I've spoken!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this day... the earth sustains on her bosom many monster minds, minds which are not afraid to employ the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8059]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this day... the earth sustains on her bosom many monster minds, minds which are not afraid to employ the seed of Deity deposited in human nature as a means of suppressing the name of God. Can anything be more detestable than this madness in man, who, finding God a hundred times both in his body and his soul, makes his excellence in this respect a pretext for denying that there is a God? He will not say that chance has made him different from the brutes; ... but, substituting Nature as the architect of the universe, he suppresses the name of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was adored once too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was adored once too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1853]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In addressing the matter of a speculative housing bubble, the more important question to answer is: are these robust economic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32209]]></link><description><![CDATA[In addressing the matter of a speculative housing bubble, the more important question to answer is: are these robust economic fundamentals in Vancouver strong enough to support such price gains? Based on a number of indicators, we still don't think so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All our pompe the earth covers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49106]]></link><description><![CDATA[All our pompe the earth covers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8710]]></link><description><![CDATA[To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apoplexic, and Lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apoplexic, and Lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not 'why.' It's 'What do we do now; How do we get through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33209]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not 'why.' It's 'What do we do now; How do we get through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are like fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's our job to stomp on them and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are like fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you'd like to have dinner with]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manny:'Thats wat you do in a herd, you look out for each other.' Sid:'I dont know about you guys but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Manny:'Thats wat you do in a herd, you look out for each other.' Sid:'I dont know about you guys but we are the weirdest herd I have ever seen.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29546]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5371]]></link><description><![CDATA[The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2071]]></link><description><![CDATA[She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much greater character than the ladies described in romance, whose whole occupation is to murder mankind with shafts from their quiver or their eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School and education should not be confused; it is only school that can be made easy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54775]]></link><description><![CDATA[School and education should not be confused; it is only school that can be made easy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're struggling a little bit with some injuries but we've got great depth and we feel good about that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37539]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're struggling a little bit with some injuries but we've got great depth and we feel good about that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good name, like good will, is go t by many actions and lost by one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53908]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good name, like good will, is go t by many actions and lost by one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunately for Darius, he hasn't been able to go home and see the devastation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunately for Darius, he hasn't been able to go home and see the devastation,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30339</guid></item></channel></rss>