<?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 work under our labour grows Luxurious by restraint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62136]]></link><description><![CDATA[The work under our labour grows Luxurious by restraint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well done is better than well said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well done is better than well said.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In fact, you could argue that the money for these machines could come out of the 2006/07 budget because that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38680]]></link><description><![CDATA[In fact, you could argue that the money for these machines could come out of the 2006/07 budget because that's when they're going to be put to full use, but the district decided we wanted to get them into teachers hands now to give them a jump on the learning curve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45914]]></link><description><![CDATA[For peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who moves not forward, goes backward ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10259]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who moves not forward, goes backward]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thief believes everybody steals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46974]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thief believes everybody steals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12549]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They want to have everything but can't afford it. Their belief is that home prices will go up, and their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35895]]></link><description><![CDATA[They want to have everything but can't afford it. Their belief is that home prices will go up, and their income will go up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1013]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light Winged Smoke Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird, Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight, Lark without song, and the messenger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light Winged Smoke Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird, Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight, Lark without song, and the messenger of dawn, Circling above the hamlets as thy nest; Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts; By night star-veiling, and by day Darkening the light and blotting out the sun; Go thou my incense upward from this hearth, And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.-Henry David Thoreau-.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17723]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do believe that if it's meant to be, it will be. Luckily for me, things worked out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37316]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do believe that if it's meant to be, it will be. Luckily for me, things worked out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This additional step will provide an extra layer of protection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31105]]></link><description><![CDATA[This additional step will provide an extra layer of protection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive thyself little, and others much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgive thyself little, and others much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it men or women who work themost in slaughterhouses?Is it men or women who aremost involved in domestic battering?Is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it men or women who work themost in slaughterhouses?Is it men or women who aremost involved in domestic battering?Is it men or women who committhe most rapes?Is it men or women whovote for the most executions?Is it men or women who promotewar, vote for war, kill in war?Is it men or women who as'talk show hosts' allow no talk?Is it men or women whoare more often pedophiles?Is it men or women who torturelab animals more?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, and ordered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56949]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, and ordered their estate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36254]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always impressive when talented comedians are easy laughers or generous with their laughs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt not but God who sits on high, Thy secret prayers can hear;  When a dead wall thus cunningly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt not but God who sits on high, Thy secret prayers can hear;  When a dead wall thus cunningly   Conveys soft whispers to the ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always in season for old men to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always in season for old men to learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls  Upon the Sovereign One's immortal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17754]]></link><description><![CDATA[The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls  Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head   Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount,    Olympus trembled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be overturned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25296]]></link><description><![CDATA[If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45372]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the wind that saddens, the sea that gladdens, Are singing the selfsame strain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The body is the terminal incubator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29518]]></link><description><![CDATA[The body is the terminal incubator.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the nice thing is that we're talking about modest exercise, not two hours in the gym every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32339]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the nice thing is that we're talking about modest exercise, not two hours in the gym every day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cause is hidden, but the result is known. [Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5352]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cause is hidden, but the result is known. [Lat., Causa latet: vis est notissima.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8709]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do we make it through this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33210]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do we make it through this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is apromissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is apromissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17643]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed for a time. Now, He's called you home, I'm sad and I shed tears. Yet, I'm glad He loaned you to me and we had these many years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is on trial in the world, on a more colossal scale than ever before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is on trial in the world, on a more colossal scale than ever before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the age of 20, we don't care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62923]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the age of 20, we don't care what the world thinks of us; at 30, we worry about what it is thinking of us; at 40, we discover that it wasn't thinking of us at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If o'er the dial glides a shade, redeem The time for lo! it passes like a dream;  But if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58305]]></link><description><![CDATA[If o'er the dial glides a shade, redeem The time for lo! it passes like a dream;  But if 'tis all a blank, then mark the loss   Of hours unblest by shadows from the cross.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The asses' bridge. [Lat., Pons Asinorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48512]]></link><description><![CDATA[The asses' bridge. [Lat., Pons Asinorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11729]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extraordinary how potent cheap music is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61466]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61466</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[God never repents of what He has first resolved upon. [Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonitet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53827]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never repents of what He has first resolved upon. [Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonitet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless the differences within the transitional federal institutions are addressed, the current political impasse could grow into deeper divisions and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless the differences within the transitional federal institutions are addressed, the current political impasse could grow into deeper divisions and undermine the very institutions that the people of Somalia so ardently desire and the international community and the United Nations are willing to support,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you a shovel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you a shovel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The justice doesn't have any comment about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39610]]></link><description><![CDATA[The justice doesn't have any comment about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for all my actions and mistakes. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words will not ever be able to express my sorrow and my profound regret for all my actions and mistakes. I hope I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I've wronged or caused to suffer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26072]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48483]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere fugiamus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48483</guid></item></channel></rss>