<?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[Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like letting people in on the process. When we did a speed-dating scene, we hired all these hilarious women ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39256]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like letting people in on the process. When we did a speed-dating scene, we hired all these hilarious women ... and let them go off on Steve. ... If something's funny, I hate for it to just sit in a basement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scandal is the press agent of old age ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scandal is the press agent of old age]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who focused onthe shock of shardsas the phoenix birdburst from his shellnearly missed the sightof his wondrous maiden flightas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who focused onthe shock of shardsas the phoenix birdburst from his shellnearly missed the sightof his wondrous maiden flightas he soared up and awayand out of sight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night, Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape;  Trinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest   Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In after-dinner talk, Across the walnuts and the wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57929]]></link><description><![CDATA[In after-dinner talk, Across the walnuts and the wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old goths never die, they just need less makeup ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old goths never die, they just need less makeup]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[That position, Abrams said, led Miller's team to assume that Libby wasn't really keen on seeing Miller testify, no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34943]]></link><description><![CDATA[[That position, Abrams said, led Miller's team to assume that Libby wasn't really keen on seeing Miller testify, no matter what Libby's lawyers implied--a hesitation that gave Miller pause.] He didn't call. He didn't write, ... you draw certain conclusions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The interest rates are about to be increased. [Durbin] is trying to lock them in at a lower rate than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31771]]></link><description><![CDATA[The interest rates are about to be increased. [Durbin] is trying to lock them in at a lower rate than what is about to happen in July...he's really trying to cut in half the interest rate that would be locked in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Washington! thrice glorious name, What due rewards can man decree--  Empires are far below thy aim,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61243]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Washington! thrice glorious name, What due rewards can man decree--  Empires are far below thy aim,   And scepters have no charms for thee;    Virtue alone has your regards,     And she must be your great reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56944]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in the end learns to do better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you doubt, abstain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12788]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you doubt, abstain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't understand complicated problems. I only understand simple ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path, to vanish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path, to vanish into the vast sea of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?  Still it whisper'd promised pleasure,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19777]]></link><description><![CDATA[But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?  Still it whisper'd promised pleasure,   And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If someone is experiencing blackouts, it is a good indication that they are drinking too much. It is an early ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31730]]></link><description><![CDATA[If someone is experiencing blackouts, it is a good indication that they are drinking too much. It is an early high-risk factor for alcoholism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31730</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[One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live with able men, and to suffer all those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58048]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live with able men, and to suffer all those pangs of inferiority which the want of knowledge always inflicts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56737]]></link><description><![CDATA[I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to make Jerusalem as feature film. But we couldn't finance it only through theatrical release, we couldn't get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30231]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to make Jerusalem as feature film. But we couldn't finance it only through theatrical release, we couldn't get all the money we needed. We had to get some money from television. So we said, ok, let's do it both ways. So we did it in four parts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647 Continuing a short series on the Bible:   God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647 Continuing a short series on the Bible:   God the Father is the giver of Holy Scripture; God the Son is the theme of Holy Scripture; and God the Spirit is the author, authenticator, and interpreter of Holy Scripture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To practice, knowing you're not going to play, is hard. He took it, he learned and he grew. Now he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31058]]></link><description><![CDATA[To practice, knowing you're not going to play, is hard. He took it, he learned and he grew. Now he's got an opportunity and he's taking advantage of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrower, among good authors is accounted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46644]]></link><description><![CDATA[For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrower, among good authors is accounted plagiary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A third Cato has dropped from the skies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50424]]></link><description><![CDATA[A third Cato has dropped from the skies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage,  Minds innocent and quiet take   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage,  Minds innocent and quiet take   That for an hermitage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her very silence, and her patience, Speak to the people, and they pity her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her very silence, and her patience, Speak to the people, and they pity her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21998]]></link><description><![CDATA[An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26653]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65048]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22994]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25835]]></link><description><![CDATA[No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18096]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5650]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62403]]></link><description><![CDATA[A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58713]]></link><description><![CDATA[A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54448]]></link><description><![CDATA[That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Precaution is better than cure. [Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Precaution is better than cure. [Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And castels buylt above in lofty skies, Which never yet had good foundation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20518]]></link><description><![CDATA[And castels buylt above in lofty skies, Which never yet had good foundation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24938]]></link><description><![CDATA[I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5618]]></link><description><![CDATA[He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60364</guid></item></channel></rss>