<?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[We can't sell it directly to them. Hopefully they will be the only bidder and it will be pretty clean, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39701]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't sell it directly to them. Hopefully they will be the only bidder and it will be pretty clean, but if there is another bidder we will have to make a decision then.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56768]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -Oscar Wilde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59890]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. -Oscar Wilde.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65767]]></link><description><![CDATA[We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's ill-got scarce to a third heir descends, Nor wrongful booty meets with prosperous ends.  [Lat., De male quaesitis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20909]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's ill-got scarce to a third heir descends, Nor wrongful booty meets with prosperous ends.  [Lat., De male quaesitis vix gaudet tertius paeres,   Nec habet eventus sordida praeda bonos.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idea is the only level which moves the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9405]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idea is the only level which moves the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41549]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever pruned me. If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's got to be the ultimate goal, ... that's what everybody wants to see done in the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39993]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's got to be the ultimate goal, ... that's what everybody wants to see done in the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extravagance is the luxury of the poor; penury is the luxury of the rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9304]]></link><description><![CDATA[People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We try to meet every injured soldier as they come in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41544]]></link><description><![CDATA[We try to meet every injured soldier as they come in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a lot of interest in resources stocks and the sector looks set for a good move forward. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41925]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a lot of interest in resources stocks and the sector looks set for a good move forward. There are all the usual stories about overseas predators targeting Australian miners, which look cheap on a world-wide comparison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just me and Cindy in the room - yelling, ... They banged on our door and asked, 'Could you please ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just me and Cindy in the room - yelling, ... They banged on our door and asked, 'Could you please quiet down?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49376]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade Of the leaf where you slumbered all day;  Be content with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade Of the leaf where you slumbered all day;  Be content with the moon and the stars, pretty moth,   And make use of your wings while you may.    . . . .     But tho' dreams of delight may have dazzled you quite,      They at last found it dangerous play;       Many things in this world that look bright, pretty moth,        Only dazzle to lead us astray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In many respects, we're fighting the last intelligence war. We have not pursued data mining in the way we should. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38712]]></link><description><![CDATA[In many respects, we're fighting the last intelligence war. We have not pursued data mining in the way we should.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1007]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Others have done it before me. I can, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Others have done it before me. I can, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm always on a train or a plane, so wherever I happen to be is home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39916]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm always on a train or a plane, so wherever I happen to be is home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan intrigue and sulfurous hatreds where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan intrigue and sulfurous hatreds where anything is likely, and dancers know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reinventing the wheel is sometimes the right thing, when the result is the radial tire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk or fur;  "Tis the spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the weight of jewel or plate, Or the fondle of silk or fur;  "Tis the spirit in which the gift is rich,   As the gifts of the Wise Ones were,    And we are not told whose gift was gold,     Or whose was the gift of myrrh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats and dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52940]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats and dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment--to that line, that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors are willing to give their entire lives to a moment--to that line, that laugh, that gesture, or that interpretation that will stir the audience's soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It just goes to show you that anything that looks out of the ordinary is going to strike fear in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31014]]></link><description><![CDATA[It just goes to show you that anything that looks out of the ordinary is going to strike fear in people now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8054]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now with the roster as it exists, they're nowhere near contending. They're not even contending for the playoffs. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now with the roster as it exists, they're nowhere near contending. They're not even contending for the playoffs. That's going to be a tough pill to swallow for (Garnett). When you look up and you're now 30, and you don't see the team contending, it's hard. It's going to be a big dilemma for Kevin and those guys in what direction they go in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20103]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59533]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23788]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en. In brief, sir, study what you most effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17142]]></link><description><![CDATA[No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en. In brief, sir, study what you most effect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With what presumption have we dared to voice "Thank You for home (although we hold the deed), Our acre, trees, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6800]]></link><description><![CDATA[With what presumption have we dared to voice "Thank You for home (although we hold the deed), Our acre, trees, and flowers (ours by choice), Our faithful dog and cat (though it's agreed No one can own the latter), each good book (A gift, or purchased), all else we foresaw That we should cherish, and have made to look Ours by possession (nine points of the law)." With what presumption have we called them ours, And even felt unselfish when we shared them--  When, if the truth be known, they have been Yours From the beginning, Lord! You have prepared them For us to borrow, using as our own: So thank You, Father, for this generous loan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62861]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A house is a machine for living in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19645]]></link><description><![CDATA[A house is a machine for living in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23369]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, Held out in the smoke, like stars by day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16249]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, Held out in the smoke, like stars by day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6994]]></link><description><![CDATA[That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great unrecognized incapacity. [Fr., Une grande incapacite inconnue.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5633]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great unrecognized incapacity. [Fr., Une grande incapacite inconnue.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historic in a good sense, not historic in a sense of 'so we dropped bombs on everyone.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historic in a good sense, not historic in a sense of 'so we dropped bombs on everyone.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security is the priceless product of freedom. Only the strong can be secure, and only in freedom can men produce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Security is the priceless product of freedom. Only the strong can be secure, and only in freedom can men produce those material resources which can secure them from want at home and against aggression from abroad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To him who is determined it remains only to act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63299]]></link><description><![CDATA[To him who is determined it remains only to act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63299</guid></item></channel></rss>