<?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[I turn on my computer. I wait patiently as it connects. I go online. My breath catches in my chest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22962]]></link><description><![CDATA[I turn on my computer. I wait patiently as it connects. I go online. My breath catches in my chest until I hear 3 little words, "You've got mail." I hear nothing, not a sound on the streets of New York. Just the beat of my own heart. I have mail...from you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45808]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms,--never! never! never!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kids did real well and we won seven of our last eight. It's all about getting in the playoffs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kids did real well and we won seven of our last eight. It's all about getting in the playoffs again, and here, it's a brand new season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is wont to hide herself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is wont to hide herself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53679]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I was doing spying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47913]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a mob.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . and now expecting Each hour their great adventurer, from the search  Of foreign words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/668]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . and now expecting Each hour their great adventurer, from the search  Of foreign words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware the fury of a patient man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware the fury of a patient man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21399]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality oflife that's far below what you deserve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To serve thy generation, this thy fate: "Written in water," swiftly fades thy name;  But he who loves his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23334]]></link><description><![CDATA[To serve thy generation, this thy fate: "Written in water," swiftly fades thy name;  But he who loves his kind does, first and late,   A work too late for fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembrance of death saves one from this world's deceit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remembrance of death saves one from this world's deceit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26257]]></link><description><![CDATA[For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fiery chariot, borne on buoyant pinions, Sweeps near me now! I soon shall ready be  To pierce the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/509]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fiery chariot, borne on buoyant pinions, Sweeps near me now! I soon shall ready be  To pierce the ther's high, unknown dominions,   To reach new spheres of pure activity!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers, and the two groups watch each other's strange behavior with apparent bewilderment. But unlike the inhabitants of Lilliput, who fought holy crusades over the question at which end to break the egg, the potato-washing monkeys do not go to war with the non-washers, because the poor creatures have no language which would enable them to declare washing a diving commandment and eating unwashed potatoes a deadly heresy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65009]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14438]]></link><description><![CDATA[There ought to be so many who are excellent, there are so few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dictum is what a court thinks but is afraid to decide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dictum is what a court thinks but is afraid to decide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or arm th' obdured breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or arm th' obdured breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39550]]></link><description><![CDATA[People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It won't free up enormous amounts of capacity (on freeways) in the near term. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34594]]></link><description><![CDATA[It won't free up enormous amounts of capacity (on freeways) in the near term.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it was there, perhaps it dissipated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33721]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it was there, perhaps it dissipated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great is the Tailor, but not the greatest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great is the Tailor, but not the greatest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being on Broadway is the modern equivalent of being a monk. I sleep a lot, eat a lot, and rest a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The storm passed by my shop, and I had to escape from the shower of stones, tear gas and rubber ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28311]]></link><description><![CDATA[The storm passed by my shop, and I had to escape from the shower of stones, tear gas and rubber bullets to save my life,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she eagerly sought she soon tires of and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50189]]></link><description><![CDATA[As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preferment goes by letter and affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preferment goes by letter and affection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For sure it is not to our advantage but they still have some good squad players, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33642]]></link><description><![CDATA[For sure it is not to our advantage but they still have some good squad players,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feares are divided in the midst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feares are divided in the midst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16779]]></link><description><![CDATA[To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He comes not in my books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48624]]></link><description><![CDATA[He comes not in my books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To hear is to heed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50408]]></link><description><![CDATA[To hear is to heed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm getting jobs because people like me on a show. I'll take it. It's nice to hear that someone like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm getting jobs because people like me on a show. I'll take it. It's nice to hear that someone like a Matt Groening is a fan of the show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces, there's only one thing to do: kick over the table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17170]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces, there's only one thing to do: kick over the table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15836]]></link><description><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49345]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath a mouth of his owne, must not say to another; Blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After that first goal, they came pretty quick. We just had some trouble getting going, but once we did, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30554]]></link><description><![CDATA[After that first goal, they came pretty quick. We just had some trouble getting going, but once we did, we played well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth hurts only once but a lie hurts every time you remember it... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth hurts only once but a lie hurts every time you remember it...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was quite audacious and highly inappropriate. What was he afraid of being asked? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28416]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was quite audacious and highly inappropriate. What was he afraid of being asked?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59077]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue is abhorrent to them, and so inveterably dishonest that theft is to them a master passion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good things soon find a purchaser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good things soon find a purchaser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nought venture nought have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nought venture nought have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)  That is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)  That is not quickly buzzed into his ears?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60387</guid></item></channel></rss>