<?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 world knows only two, that's Rome and I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flat burglary as ever was committed. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flat burglary as ever was committed. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically,' they really mean, 'not really.'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically,' they really mean, 'not really.'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still!  But they have left an aching void  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26933]]></link><description><![CDATA[What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still!  But they have left an aching void   The world can never fill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let the University get in the way of your education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let the University get in the way of your education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rock-bye-baby on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock.  When the bough bends the cradle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rock-bye-baby on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock.  When the bough bends the cradle will fall,   Down comes the baby, cradle and all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have two drivers winning among themselves, the races become too predictable. What we need and what Formula One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37492]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have two drivers winning among themselves, the races become too predictable. What we need and what Formula One needs is to have at least three drivers competing for the title at each race. This opens out the field and there is much more interest from the spectators and fans,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as I have fat turtle-doves, a fig of your lettuce, my friend, and you may keep your shell-fish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13232]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as I have fat turtle-doves, a fig of your lettuce, my friend, and you may keep your shell-fish to yourself. I have no wish to waste my appetite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting 'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/423]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting 'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideas are fatal to caste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideas are fatal to caste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM believes a common standards-based approach, like the XMCL Initiative, is an important step forward for content owners, retailers, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33655]]></link><description><![CDATA[IBM believes a common standards-based approach, like the XMCL Initiative, is an important step forward for content owners, retailers, and distributors, and ultimately for consumers. The initiative announced today will help evolve the digital distribution of content over the Internet to create new e-commerce opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have measured many a mile To tread a measure with you on this grass. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55502]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have measured many a mile To tread a measure with you on this grass. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stoop, boys. This gate Instructs you how t' adore the heavens and bows you  To a morning's holy office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stoop, boys. This gate Instructs you how t' adore the heavens and bows you  To a morning's holy office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, it feels good any time you hit a home run. But the guy is only 19 years old. He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, it feels good any time you hit a home run. But the guy is only 19 years old. He's going to give up his fair share of home runs, but he'll get his share of strikeouts, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius . . . arises in the natural, aboriginal concern for the conscious unity of all phenomena. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius . . . arises in the natural, aboriginal concern for the conscious unity of all phenomena.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the largest ever TV audience; the busiest Web site in the world; the largest ever online petition -- The Live ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40849]]></link><description><![CDATA[the largest ever TV audience; the busiest Web site in the world; the largest ever online petition -- The Live 8 list; the largest ever text petition; the largest ever response to a TV show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He fought hard. But then I thought he had a good chance at winning this match; I didn't think it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39059]]></link><description><![CDATA[He fought hard. But then I thought he had a good chance at winning this match; I didn't think it was that big of an upset because he's a good little wrestler. I don't remember anyone ever beating him. He always beat himself because of the mistakes he made and the points he gave up. He's a good little athlete, probably pound for pound the best athlete in that high school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there are multiple complaints, then my suspicion would be somewhere between the refinery and the tank, the blend encountered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33796]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there are multiple complaints, then my suspicion would be somewhere between the refinery and the tank, the blend encountered water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'menGang aft agley. - "To A Mouse". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'menGang aft agley. - "To A Mouse".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clashes and vitriol only make it worse. I think what we must learn to do is to read the imagery. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clashes and vitriol only make it worse. I think what we must learn to do is to read the imagery. We need to analyze and understand the subtext.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usually, towns act when there's a crisis. And sometimes good planning decisions can arise - there's that hope here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usually, towns act when there's a crisis. And sometimes good planning decisions can arise - there's that hope here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14998]]></link><description><![CDATA[A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11598]]></link><description><![CDATA[The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All professions are conspiracies against the laity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44868]]></link><description><![CDATA[All professions are conspiracies against the laity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iron sharpeth iron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iron sharpeth iron.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved. Cato -Marcus Antonius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22250]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are;because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star.I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far;for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung, Not she denied Him with unholy tongue;  She, while apostles shrank, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung, Not she denied Him with unholy tongue;  She, while apostles shrank, could danger brave,   Last at His cross, and earliest at His grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12682]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will --whatever we may think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9628]]></link><description><![CDATA[My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We meet thee, like a pleasant thought, When such are wanted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10999]]></link><description><![CDATA[We meet thee, like a pleasant thought, When such are wanted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13132]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair Venus shines Even in the eye of day; with sweetest beam  Propitious shines, and shakes a trembling flood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair Venus shines Even in the eye of day; with sweetest beam  Propitious shines, and shakes a trembling flood   Of softened radiance from her dewy locks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12335]]></link><description><![CDATA[International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12335</guid></item></channel></rss>