<?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 more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63618]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is like Masturbation; In the end you're just screwing yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is like Masturbation; In the end you're just screwing yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to fight for our principles than it is to live up to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21079]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to fight for our principles than it is to live up to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surest sign of age is loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27247]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surest sign of age is loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15822]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While foulest fiends shun thy society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58241]]></link><description><![CDATA[While foulest fiends shun thy society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain? The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,  That starts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58786]]></link><description><![CDATA[What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain? The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,  That starts at once--bright pure--from Pity's mine,   Already polish'd by the hand divine!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have reached an agreement in principle for the creation of a joint company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35714]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have reached an agreement in principle for the creation of a joint company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing to be found in a beehive that is not submerged in a bee. And yet you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56984]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing to be found in a beehive that is not submerged in a bee. And yet you can search a bee forever with cyclotron and fluoroscope, and you will never find the hive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62179]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44946]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the theme. I definitely feel we are not just our bodies, that we are beings and that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29443]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the theme. I definitely feel we are not just our bodies, that we are beings and that we go on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real "you" never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real "you" never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as trying to know how you really look. Ten different mirrors show you ten different faces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible:  Mirth cannot move a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27420]]></link><description><![CDATA[To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible:  Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43889]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12604]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people get married because they think it's a long-time love affair, they'll be divorced very soon, because all love affairs end in disappointment. But marriage is a recognition of a spiritual identity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most smiles are started by another smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most smiles are started by another smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change your language and you change your thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change your language and you change your thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is the only sure bait when you are fishing for praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4011]]></link><description><![CDATA[When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I xeroxed a mirror. Now I have an extra xerox machine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62469]]></link><description><![CDATA[I xeroxed a mirror. Now I have an extra xerox machine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all nations--entangling alliances with none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace. commerce, and honest friendship with all nations--entangling alliances with none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although Constellation's been a good performer every year, it hasn't been off the charts. There haven't been scary triple-digit returns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although Constellation's been a good performer every year, it hasn't been off the charts. There haven't been scary triple-digit returns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of the valley has been at or below freezing for the last three days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the world's enjoyments That ever valued were,  There's none of our employments   With fishing can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the world's enjoyments That ever valued were,  There's none of our employments   With fishing can compare.   - Thomas Durfee (or D'Urfey),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49366]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never bee handsome, strong, rich, or wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are slipping back into a war situation. If the attacks go on, there will come a time when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36732]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are slipping back into a war situation. If the attacks go on, there will come a time when the army has to retaliate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only gain from the friendship of the great is a fine dinner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64907]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like playing with those guys. We kind of have to find a balance -- we're very offensive minded with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29680]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like playing with those guys. We kind of have to find a balance -- we're very offensive minded with those guys but we just have to work hard on defense and it pays off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allow'd his way, Self-mettle tires him. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is like A full-hot horse, who being allow'd his way, Self-mettle tires him. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a part of all that I have seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a part of all that I have seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He always told me that he only had two or three. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31843]]></link><description><![CDATA[He always told me that he only had two or three.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I strove with none; for none was worth my strife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People need to be mad as hell about this situation, but they aren't. We haven't gotten the message across. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30392]]></link><description><![CDATA[People need to be mad as hell about this situation, but they aren't. We haven't gotten the message across.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48495]]></link><description><![CDATA[There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire. He shall fulfill God's utmost will, unknowing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire. He shall fulfill God's utmost will, unknowing His desire,  And he shall see old planets pass and alien stars arise,   And give the gale his reckless sail in shadow of new skies.    Strong lust of gear shall drive him out and hunger arm his hand,     To wring his food from a desert nude, his foothold from the sand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's got the formula right. He's entering the market at the right time in terms of European liberalization and during ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31736]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's got the formula right. He's entering the market at the right time in terms of European liberalization and during a strong economy and he's entering with the right concept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate shuts her soul when dove-eyed mercy pleads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate shuts her soul when dove-eyed mercy pleads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're seeing a tickling of inflation in the pipeline but it's not going to be passed on to the consumer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30766]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're seeing a tickling of inflation in the pipeline but it's not going to be passed on to the consumer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64787]]></link><description><![CDATA[My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25155]]></link><description><![CDATA[As for the brandy, "nothing extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25155</guid></item></channel></rss>