<?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[Old things need not be therefore true, O brother men, nor yet the new;  Ah! still awhile the old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old things need not be therefore true, O brother men, nor yet the new;  Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,   And yet consider it again!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15818]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people go to work, they shouldn't have to leave their hearts at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4227]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We now believe that the first Fed rate hike will not come until December, and we continue to worry the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38038]]></link><description><![CDATA[We now believe that the first Fed rate hike will not come until December, and we continue to worry the Fed may be forced to ease again before it begins hiking rates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole;  How here he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole;  How here he sipp'd, how there he plunder'd snug,   And suck'd all o'er like an industrious bug.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14697]]></link><description><![CDATA[One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14697</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[Oh goodie, goth mimes. The best of both worlds. They pretend they're trapped in a box and then whine about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh goodie, goth mimes. The best of both worlds. They pretend they're trapped in a box and then whine about how cruel and unfair it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17928</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/43941]]></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 that are blooming outside our windows today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray Him to give you what the Scriptures call "an honest and good heart," or "a perfect heart;" and, without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray Him to give you what the Scriptures call "an honest and good heart," or "a perfect heart;" and, without waiting, begin at once to obey Him with the best heart you have. Any obedience is better than none. You have to seek His face; obedience is the only way of seeing Him. All your duties are obediences. To do what He bids is to obey Him, and to obey Him is to approach Him. Every act of obedience is an approach -- an approach to Him who is not far off, though He seems so, but close behind this visible screen of things hiding Him from us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as a sullen bell,   Rememb'red tolling a departing friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Terror is as much a part of the concept of truth as runniness is of the concept of jam. We wouldn't like jam if it didn't, by its very nature, ooze. We wouldn't like truth if it wasn't sticky, if, from time to time, it didn't ooze blood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44416]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism has become a mere national self assertion, a sentimentality of flag-cheering with no constructive duties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The envious only hate the excellence they cannot reach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52440]]></link><description><![CDATA[The envious only hate the excellence they cannot reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23610]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real estate, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punishment - The justice that the guilty deal out to those that are caught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most thoroughly and relentlessly Damned, banned, excluded, condemned, forbidden, ostracized, ignore, suppressed, repressed, robbed, brutalized and defamed of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55049]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most thoroughly and relentlessly Damned, banned, excluded, condemned, forbidden, ostracized, ignore, suppressed, repressed, robbed, brutalized and defamed of all Damned Things is the individual human being. The social engineers, statistician, psychologist, sociologists, market researchers, landlords, bureaucrats, captains of industry, bankers, governors, commissars, kings and presidents are perpetually forcing this Damned Thing into carefully prepared blueprints and perpetually irritated that the Damned Thing will not fit into the slot assigned it. The theologians call it a sinner and try to reform it. The governor calls it a criminal and tries to punish it. the psychologist calls it a neurotic and tries to cure it. Still, the Damned Thing will not fit into their slots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51535]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It just can't work that way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31071]]></link><description><![CDATA[It just can't work that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have played well for the last six or seven games, apart from Bromley, and I am looking for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32810]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have played well for the last six or seven games, apart from Bromley, and I am looking for a reaction at Windsor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mortal love is when sensuality is satisfied. True love is when love is sacrificed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mortal love is when sensuality is satisfied. True love is when love is sacrificed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An injured friend is the bitterest of foes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66820]]></link><description><![CDATA[An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot pray in the name of Jesus to have my own will; the name of Jesus is not a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8220]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot pray in the name of Jesus to have my own will; the name of Jesus is not a signature of no importance, but the decisive factor. The fact that the name of Jesus comes at the beginning does not make it a prayer in the name of Jesus; but this means to pray in such a manner that I dare name Jesus in it, that is to say, dare to think of Him, think His holy will together with whatever I am praying for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many-headed multitude. -Coriolanus. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many-headed multitude. -Coriolanus. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let the other fellow set the agenda. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let the other fellow set the agenda.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10052</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[As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10388]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to honor -- you know -- it's a very fine mediaeval inheritance which women never got hold of. It wasn't theirs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One might say that the true subject of the horror genre is the struggle for recognition of all that our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19823]]></link><description><![CDATA[One might say that the true subject of the horror genre is the struggle for recognition of all that our civilization represses and oppresses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16985]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must love, as looking one day to hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50046]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must love, as looking one day to hate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make three bites of a cherry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make three bites of a cherry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each new generation is a fresh invasion of savages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each new generation is a fresh invasion of savages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we expected so many medals. I think it's a very good start.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ericsson said orders as a whole remain strong, but it is just seeing a push out in most mobile system ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ericsson said orders as a whole remain strong, but it is just seeing a push out in most mobile system shipments due to economic uncertainty as well as slower subscriber growth in the U.S. as subsidies have been cut. Fewer subscribers means lower phone use, which translates into slower systems build-out, which is what we are seeing in the U.S.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taking he SAT is like going to the doctor. It scares the willies out of you, but once you get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taking he SAT is like going to the doctor. It scares the willies out of you, but once you get there it's really not that bad, and in the end it's all for the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54364]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27094]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42933]]></link><description><![CDATA[As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21733]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration . . . because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my opinion, it's faltering and hasn't picked up much momentum yet. Two million is just a drop in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35139]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my opinion, it's faltering and hasn't picked up much momentum yet. Two million is just a drop in the barrel in terms of what would be needed to have an impact and bring more attention to the city.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47075]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47075</guid></item></channel></rss>