<?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[My uncle never met an animal he didn't want to kill.(on Book TV). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/256]]></link><description><![CDATA[My uncle never met an animal he didn't want to kill.(on Book TV).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect. [Fr., La moquerie est souvent une indigence d'esprit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect. [Fr., La moquerie est souvent une indigence d'esprit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45197]]></link><description><![CDATA[... she knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a fatal flaw, the seed of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16966]]></link><description><![CDATA[But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28476]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doth appear you are a worthy judge; You know the law, your exposition  Hath been most sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23519]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doth appear you are a worthy judge; You know the law, your exposition  Hath been most sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29470]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57105]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11518]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you play with Sid, he's going to create chances. Once you get that puck, get your feet moving and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32050]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you play with Sid, he's going to create chances. Once you get that puck, get your feet moving and play a give-and-go type game because he's always flying and getting open ice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why wasn't someone on top of this years ago? I don't have an answer to that. The step decline ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why wasn't someone on top of this years ago? I don't have an answer to that. The step decline ... got people's attention. That made it possible to start looking at this in great detail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thorn in the flesh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48520]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thorn in the flesh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four;  Stella's wit is so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four;  Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face,   She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53610]]></link><description><![CDATA[None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not responsible for every thought that goes wandering throughour mind. We are, however, responsible for the ones we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21473]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not responsible for every thought that goes wandering throughour mind. We are, however, responsible for the ones we hold there. We'reespecially responsible for the one's we put there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors are beings who have tasted life's nectar in that crystal moment when they poured out their creative spirit and touched another's heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all this is over, all that will really have mattered is how we treated each other. Thanks to Mike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1388]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all this is over, all that will really have mattered is how we treated each other. Thanks to Mike Doherty -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, whatever, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, whatever,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I lived to write, and wrote to live ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I lived to write, and wrote to live]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Retort Courteous;… the Quip Modest;… the Reply Churlish;… the Reproof Valiant;… the Countercheck Quarrelsome;… the Lie with Circumstance;… the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Retort Courteous;… the Quip Modest;… the Reply Churlish;… the Reproof Valiant;… the Countercheck Quarrelsome;… the Lie with Circumstance;… the Lie Direct. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main storm dynamics are here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main storm dynamics are here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65789]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55]]></link><description><![CDATA[The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do honour the very flea of his dog. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16212]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do honour the very flea of his dog.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dresses for breakfasts, and dinners, and balls. Dresses to sit in, and stand in, and walk in;  Dresses to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dresses for breakfasts, and dinners, and balls. Dresses to sit in, and stand in, and walk in;  Dresses to dance in, and flirt in, and talk in,   Dresses in which to do nothing at all;    Dresses for Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall;     All of them different in color and shape.      Silk, muslin, and lace, velvet, satin, and crape,       Brocade and broadcloth, and other material,        Quite as expensive and much more ethereal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew this game would have a playoff feel with Central Catholic being undefeated and all the section championships they've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32154]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew this game would have a playoff feel with Central Catholic being undefeated and all the section championships they've won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24848]]></link><description><![CDATA[What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but disastrous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. - The Silence of the Sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44175]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. - The Silence of the Sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the self-delusion we manufacture to justify the trouble we take to have sex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the self-delusion we manufacture to justify the trouble we take to have sex.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bird That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet complainings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4250]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bird That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet complainings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26155]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my w0rk and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34970]]></link><description><![CDATA[I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my w0rk and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're comfortable that if the Time Warner partnership is not attributable to AT&T that we can fit under the 30 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42519]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're comfortable that if the Time Warner partnership is not attributable to AT&T that we can fit under the 30 percent cap,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What then? What rests? Try what repentance can. What can it not?  Yet what can it when one cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53828]]></link><description><![CDATA[What then? What rests? Try what repentance can. What can it not?  Yet what can it when one cannot repent?   O wretched state? O bosom black as death!    O limed soul, that struggling to be free     Art more engaged!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64237]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our job to make women unhappy with what they have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27013]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our job to make women unhappy with what they have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that shakes falles not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49107]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that shakes falles not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracefully, gracefully glides our bark On the bosom of Father Thames,  And before her bows the wavelets dark  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracefully, gracefully glides our bark On the bosom of Father Thames,  And before her bows the wavelets dark   Break into a thousand gems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of all time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23034]]></link><description><![CDATA[History will judge the invasion of Iraq one of the greatest foreign policy misadventures of all time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59076]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know a baseball star who wouldn't report the theft of his wife's credit cards because the thief spends less than she does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37189]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be a 'No', ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28267]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be a 'No',]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54067</guid></item></channel></rss>