<?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[Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books of science, though without any desire fixed of improvement, will grow more knowing; he that entertains himself with moral or religious treatises, will imperceptibly advance in goodness; the ideas which are often offered to the mind, will at last find a lucky moment when it is disposed to receive them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My whinstone house my castle is, I have my own four walls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19611]]></link><description><![CDATA[My whinstone house my castle is, I have my own four walls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of embarrassing your opponent or messing up a press conference or even rattling your opponent always comes up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of embarrassing your opponent or messing up a press conference or even rattling your opponent always comes up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13654]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61344]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's concern and like vampires they suck our life's blood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a most dangerous sea. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a most dangerous sea. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't excercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14472]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't excercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is truly great who hath a great charity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5703]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is truly great who hath a great charity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24386]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42901]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You could call 'show biz,' filmmaking, the original arena for outsourcing because ever since I've been making movies, Hollywood has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34216]]></link><description><![CDATA[You could call 'show biz,' filmmaking, the original arena for outsourcing because ever since I've been making movies, Hollywood has been threatened with outsourcing, be it Italy, be it Australia, New Zealand and, certainly, Canada,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known;  The fool consistent, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known;  The fool consistent, and the false sincere;   Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats;  Chambers of the great are jails, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19228]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats;  Chambers of the great are jails,   And head-winds right for royal sails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort and remembered with nostalgia ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60306]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort and remembered with nostalgia]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48637]]></link><description><![CDATA[He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3797]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not. [Lat., Tam deest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42746]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not. [Lat., Tam deest avaro quod habet, quam quod non habet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is a welcomed gift for the uninhibited mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23164]]></link><description><![CDATA[To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50986]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country is wherever we are well off. [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country is wherever we are well off. [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44961]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . thieves at home must hang; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10191]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . thieves at home must hang; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse  The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19791]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is hardly any activity, any enterprise, which is started out with such tremendous hopes and expectations, and yet which fails so regularly, as love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54850]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power. [Ger., Wer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54987]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power. [Ger., Wer den kleinsten Theil eines Geheimnisses hingibt, hat den andern nicht mehr in der Gewalt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No doubt they rose up early to observe The rite of May; and, hearing our intent,  Came here in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26619]]></link><description><![CDATA[No doubt they rose up early to observe The rite of May; and, hearing our intent,  Came here in grace of our solemnity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My definition of success is total self acceptance. We can obtain all of the material possessions we desire quite easily, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/828]]></link><description><![CDATA[My definition of success is total self acceptance. We can obtain all of the material possessions we desire quite easily, however, attempting to change our deepest thoughts and learning to love ourselves is a monumental challenge. We may achieve success in our business lives but it never quite means as much if we do not feel good inside. Once we feel good about ourselves inside we can genuinely lend ourselves to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17030]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing as mysterious as something clearly seen ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8840]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing as mysterious as something clearly seen]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people love in themselves what they hate in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis - a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis - a good hot cup of coffee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to make sure the public and the university start to voice their opposition to intelligent design. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36396]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to make sure the public and the university start to voice their opposition to intelligent design.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took its rise. . . . The scandal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56546]]></link><description><![CDATA[For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took its rise. . . . The scandal of men is everlasting; even then does it survive when you would suppose it to be dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She brightens my day! Every day I'm smiling, I'm thinking about her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36373]]></link><description><![CDATA[She brightens my day! Every day I'm smiling, I'm thinking about her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47863]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They [tax protestors] can pack whatever chambers they want, and they can scream and rant all they want. This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30904]]></link><description><![CDATA[They [tax protestors] can pack whatever chambers they want, and they can scream and rant all they want. This is one vote they're never going to get on their side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without. [There is fault on both sides.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without. [There is fault on both sides.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there's no doubt that if Cincinnati can get their attendance up ... then it all makes good sense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33109]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there's no doubt that if Cincinnati can get their attendance up ... then it all makes good sense and hockey will be here for a long time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63027]]></link><description><![CDATA[For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63027</guid></item></channel></rss>