<?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 decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening. [Lat., Quivis beatus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening. [Lat., Quivis beatus, versa rota fortunae, ante vesperum potest esse miserrimus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O father Abram! what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others! -The Merchant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55569]]></link><description><![CDATA[O father Abram! what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64608]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20968]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22390]]></link><description><![CDATA[.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9256]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a good man thrive, all thrive with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49505]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, I stole my little brother's toys and strapped them to the hood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, I stole my little brother's toys and strapped them to the hood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long adoing. So much time is saved in the billing and cooing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long adoing. So much time is saved in the billing and cooing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It reflects the very nature that we're changing directions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34895]]></link><description><![CDATA[It reflects the very nature that we're changing directions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout my discussions I was confident that a way through the problems could be found and that a business case ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout my discussions I was confident that a way through the problems could be found and that a business case could be made. I'll continue to work with the new company to make sure the project remains viable and has a sustainable future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves yourarms too full to embrace the present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22366]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves yourarms too full to embrace the present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50333]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. [Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiamsi initio cautior fuerit, detegit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. [Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiamsi initio cautior fuerit, detegit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...ideas have a tendency to live lives of their own, and having become a part of tradition, they are very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52062]]></link><description><![CDATA[...ideas have a tendency to live lives of their own, and having become a part of tradition, they are very difficult to root out. When summarized in a few neat words or phrases, these gems of wisdom become substitutes for thought, and gradually take on much of the status of revealed truth. Occasionally, some iconoclast sees fit to challenge one of them, and a brief flurry ensues, after which things go on about as before. It is easy to think of plenty of ideas that are passing, if they have not already passed, beyond the stage of effective discussion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a lot of cases, you can't make the assumption that mom and pops are going to be the problem, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38968]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a lot of cases, you can't make the assumption that mom and pops are going to be the problem, because the larger companies tend to have a lot of automation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got sloppy at times, but picked it up and didn't let ourselves spiral downward. The team has been working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31795]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got sloppy at times, but picked it up and didn't let ourselves spiral downward. The team has been working on combinations and communication, which has helped us a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4060]]></link><description><![CDATA[One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves,  And, like living coals, the apples  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3562]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves,  And, like living coals, the apples   Burned among the withering leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58644]]></link><description><![CDATA[I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A happy soul, that all the way To heaven hath a summer's day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57285]]></link><description><![CDATA[A happy soul, that all the way To heaven hath a summer's day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel for the sponsors (HSBC) because they put up a lot of money. This is the richest first prize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48286]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel for the sponsors (HSBC) because they put up a lot of money. This is the richest first prize in all of golf (one million pounds).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22429]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5747]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet reluctant amorous delay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, And sweet reluctant amorous delay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59151]]></link><description><![CDATA[She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius,--  We'll deserve it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58122]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius,--  We'll deserve it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible"!" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible, the word itself says "I'm possible"!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65433]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who loves, flies, runs, and rejoices; he is free and nothing holds him back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The City's reluctance to take a stand on an issue like the British Gas pay row makes a mockery of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The City's reluctance to take a stand on an issue like the British Gas pay row makes a mockery of corporate governance and shareholders' ability to influence annual general meetings. Institutions should be obliged to make public how they vote at such events. They should be obliged to provide customers with a record of how they vote on every kind of issue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The Center for Missing and Exploited Children] has learned a lot from the Katrina experience, ... We have people on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34699]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The Center for Missing and Exploited Children] has learned a lot from the Katrina experience, ... We have people on the ground. We have offered our center and resources to the state of Texas ... There's a good clearinghouse in Austin (and) we have offered to assist them in any way we can...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As natural gas and home heating-oil prices hit record highs, the federal government's failure to meet its obligation to revise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39779]]></link><description><![CDATA[As natural gas and home heating-oil prices hit record highs, the federal government's failure to meet its obligation to revise energy-efficiency standards for common appliances calls out for prompt action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate is not a good counselor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate is not a good counselor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland,we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletionsis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21451]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland,we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletionsis a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to beat, but only one way to win; get there first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61699]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to beat, but only one way to win; get there first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65573]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65573</guid></item></channel></rss>