<?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[Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truest SUCCESS is but the development of self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truest SUCCESS is but the development of self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50153]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not reckoned a religious bird   Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but yourself who are your greatest foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13856]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but yourself who are your greatest foe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success. -Diana Rankin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was like a battleground, helicopters, fire engines, my car door was crushed like an accordion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29431]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was like a battleground, helicopters, fire engines, my car door was crushed like an accordion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who promises runs in debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11503]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who promises runs in debt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2807</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[When there's considerable uncertainty in the market, like there is now, banks lead the decline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36552]]></link><description><![CDATA[When there's considerable uncertainty in the market, like there is now, banks lead the decline.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an evening twilight of the heart, When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19050]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an evening twilight of the heart, When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change  And pleased with novelty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60424]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change  And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need every partner we can find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33382]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need every partner we can find.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23533]]></link><description><![CDATA[So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are lots of indicators that show that the economy has accelerated considerably in the first quarter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34762]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are lots of indicators that show that the economy has accelerated considerably in the first quarter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers stirring to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers stirring to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though this may be play to you, 'Tis death to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though this may be play to you, 'Tis death to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not addicted to nicotine. Why must I participate in your drug addiction? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13032]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not addicted to nicotine. Why must I participate in your drug addiction?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11608]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62084]]></link><description><![CDATA[All work, even cotton-spinning, is noble; work is alone noble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man once asked to shake hands with me, the "greatest Englishman who ever lived." I replied, "F**k off, I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23060]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man once asked to shake hands with me, the "greatest Englishman who ever lived." I replied, "F**k off, I'm Irish."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He spent hours and hours sifting through different sites. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42311]]></link><description><![CDATA[He spent hours and hours sifting through different sites.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16672]]></link><description><![CDATA[To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45791]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the runs of Iona.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet Spring, full of sweet dayes and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie,  My musick shows ye have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet Spring, full of sweet dayes and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie,  My musick shows ye have your closes,   And all must die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61774]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently learnt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51185]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently learnt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good is god, but better carries it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good is god, but better carries it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but the brave deserve the fair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48948]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but the brave deserve the fair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Describing an opposing team: Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Describing an opposing team: Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is noble to grant life to the vanquished. [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27353]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is noble to grant life to the vanquished. [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you are is a soul and a voice, everything else is just a tool to help you get through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25025]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you are is a soul and a voice, everything else is just a tool to help you get through the day easier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works, it seemed that I was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52852]]></link><description><![CDATA[With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works, it seemed that I was becoming the world's first writer of self-contained ready-made quotations]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not and should not be a target of terrorists but we are alert for any possibilities, ... We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28259]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not and should not be a target of terrorists but we are alert for any possibilities, ... We have not done anything to make people hate us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persuasion is better than force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persuasion is better than force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a case of surviving. It was not really a stage suited to the strengths of the Mitsubishis. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41117]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a case of surviving. It was not really a stage suited to the strengths of the Mitsubishis. It was interesting to compare our speed with the Volkswagens and now they have the twin turbo engines, there is really very little difference between us in terms of the top speed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask not of me, love, what is love? Ask what is good of God above;  Ask of the great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask not of me, love, what is love? Ask what is good of God above;  Ask of the great sum what is light;   Ask what is darkness of the night;    Ask sin of what may be forgiven;     Ask what is happiness of heaven;      Ask what is folly of the crowd;       Ask what is fashion of the shroud;        Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss;         Ask of thyself what beauty is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050]]></link><description><![CDATA[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service done   By willing and discerning souls was glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost childish; then his youth, when it is luxuriant and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost childish; then his youth, when it is luxuriant and juvenile; then his strength of years, when it is solid and reduced; and lastly his old age, when it waxeth dry and exhaust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to ask our visitors who our visitors are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33779]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to ask our visitors who our visitors are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33779</guid></item></channel></rss>