<?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[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though "the commandments of God be not grievous", yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honour without profit is a ring on the finger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51783]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there stalks Discord delighted with her torn mantle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never without a shilling in my purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never without a shilling in my purse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The early village cock Hath twice done salutation to the morn. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The early village cock Hath twice done salutation to the morn. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I myself spent hours in the Columbia library as intimidated and embarrassed as a famished gourmet invited to a dream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I myself spent hours in the Columbia library as intimidated and embarrassed as a famished gourmet invited to a dream restaurant where every dish from all the world's cuisines, past and present, was available on request.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All told, I consider my constitution a child on the verge of death, from which you can transplant some organs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35813]]></link><description><![CDATA[All told, I consider my constitution a child on the verge of death, from which you can transplant some organs into the Treaty of Nice,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no aversion to peer-to-peer technology. For us, it is in some respects kind of a promising delivery method. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32679]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no aversion to peer-to-peer technology. For us, it is in some respects kind of a promising delivery method. We obviously have issues with its illegal uses, but to the extent that the use of the technology can be legitimized, we're all for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanks to Tony, he didn't give us much time to think about that shot. I thought we never lost control ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thanks to Tony, he didn't give us much time to think about that shot. I thought we never lost control of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An RRSP loan is a really good idea. It allows for flexibility, forced savings and tax-deferred growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40170]]></link><description><![CDATA[An RRSP loan is a really good idea. It allows for flexibility, forced savings and tax-deferred growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59886]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is nearly 100% of the ministry's procurement budget that has gone [missing], ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28942]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is nearly 100% of the ministry's procurement budget that has gone [missing],]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bless thee, Bottom! bless thee! thou art translated. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bless thee, Bottom! bless thee! thou art translated. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The primary requisite for any new tax law is for it to exempt enough voters to win the next election ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58684]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary requisite for any new tax law is for it to exempt enough voters to win the next election]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5186]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nickname a man may chance to wear out; but a system of calumnity, pursued by a faction, may descend even to posterity. This principal has taken full effect on this state favorite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love fools experiments. I am always making them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love fools experiments. I am always making them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky,  Hear the wedding song!   For the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky,  Hear the wedding song!   For the happy groom is near,    Tall as Mars, and statelier,     Hear the wedding song!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're about halfway there. The future is bright. We will continue to spiral up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36326]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're about halfway there. The future is bright. We will continue to spiral up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16996]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This restless world Is full of chances, which by habit's power  To learn to bear is easier than to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62189]]></link><description><![CDATA[This restless world Is full of chances, which by habit's power  To learn to bear is easier than to shun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59278]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist    It is good to follow the path of duty, though in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist    It is good to follow the path of duty, though in the midst of darkness and discouragement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36356]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot of cars, yeah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasantly, between the pelting showers, the sunshine gushes down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasantly, between the pelting showers, the sunshine gushes down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need to factor in the (interest-rate) differential, as well as the costs of refinancing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35330]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need to factor in the (interest-rate) differential, as well as the costs of refinancing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pontius Pilate was the first great censor, and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pontius Pilate was the first great censor, and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58483]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a harmonious perfection, a perfection in which the characters of beauty and intelligence are both present, which unites "the two noblest of things"--as Swift . . . most happily calls them in his Battle of the Books, "the two noblest of things, sweetness and light."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56793]]></link><description><![CDATA[...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink, demand for bottled water is increasing--producing unnecessary garbage and consuming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in areas where tap water is safe to drink, demand for bottled water is increasing--producing unnecessary garbage and consuming vast quantities of energy. Although in the industrial world bottled water is often no healthier than tap water, it can cost up to 10,000 times more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do the one who says he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5298]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't call a man mad who believes that he eats God, but we do the one who says he is Jesus Christ]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a disease no one talks about, ... But it changes your life. I never got to play football; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31521]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a disease no one talks about, ... But it changes your life. I never got to play football; I had to quit baseball because I was too sick; and when I got to college, I missed a quarter of my sophomore year and had to live with a feeding tube for a while.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20309]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of disregarding facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60732]]></link><description><![CDATA[So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before we give you billions more, we want to know what you've done with the trillion you've got. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before we give you billions more, we want to know what you've done with the trillion you've got.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40669</guid></item></channel></rss>