<?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[She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41555]]></link><description><![CDATA[She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.. Epictetus, c ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26503]]></link><description><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.. Epictetus, c 200 AD -Seneca.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. [Lat., Tolluntur in altum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15386]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. [Lat., Tolluntur in altum  Ut lapsu gaviore ruant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep down, Dick wanted it to happen. I can tell he was thrilled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep down, Dick wanted it to happen. I can tell he was thrilled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe the interrogations have come to an end. I don't know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe the interrogations have come to an end. I don't know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, notthe hated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21159]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, notthe hated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51174]]></link><description><![CDATA[No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52069]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, you have no choice but to think them, however silly they may be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4024]]></link><description><![CDATA[...A being so gentle and so virtuous slander might wound, but could not dishonor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hath thy heart within thee burned, At evening's calm and holy hour? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hath thy heart within thee burned, At evening's calm and holy hour?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62698]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, generous, pleasant time; a time when men and women seem to open their hearts freely, and so I say, God bless Christmas!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18079]]></link><description><![CDATA[There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34278]]></link><description><![CDATA[But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61996]]></link><description><![CDATA[After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The logic of the heart is absurd ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The logic of the heart is absurd]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading furnishes the mind only with materials ofknowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading furnishes the mind only with materials ofknowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the one who dries your tears is the one who makes you cry, who do you run to? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28157]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the one who dries your tears is the one who makes you cry, who do you run to?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63639]]></link><description><![CDATA[By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ivory Coast is a good team and has an advantage because it's just played the African Cup final. Although Spain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ivory Coast is a good team and has an advantage because it's just played the African Cup final. Although Spain hasn't played for a while, I hope the players can put on a good display.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These loans will help finance economic revitalization in areas that have experienced trade-related job losses attributable to NAFTA. NAFTA has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28546]]></link><description><![CDATA[These loans will help finance economic revitalization in areas that have experienced trade-related job losses attributable to NAFTA. NAFTA has been a net plus for the nation's economy, and the Clinton/Gore Administration's free trade policies have been a big contributor to our nation's economic prosperity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47534]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Man and the LionA man and a Lion traveled together through the forest. They soon began to boast of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1533]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Man and the LionA man and a Lion traveled together through the forest. They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess. As they were disputing, they passed a statue carved in stone, which represented a Lion strangled by a Man. The traveler pointed to it and said: See there! How strong we are, and how we prevail over even the king of beasts. The Lion replied: This statue was made by one of you men. If we Lions knew how to erect statues, you would see the Man placed under the paw of the Lion. One story is good, till another is told.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51750]]></link><description><![CDATA[To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market had already factored in the pretty weak results in beef, but Pilgrim's Pride earnings highlighted the difficult trends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market had already factored in the pretty weak results in beef, but Pilgrim's Pride earnings highlighted the difficult trends in poultry. We anticipate poultry pricing will be pressured through at least spring, barring any notable AI outbreaks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43727]]></link><description><![CDATA[To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art: they]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The President will continue to be haunted by insinuations of cheating and corruption, and each time these stories come out, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The President will continue to be haunted by insinuations of cheating and corruption, and each time these stories come out, it obviously will not be good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deny Self for Self's sake ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deny Self for Self's sake]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66438]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A position of authority is neither necessary nor sufficient for the exercise of leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A position of authority is neither necessary nor sufficient for the exercise of leadership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's bread, and how sad a path it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's stairs. [It., Tu proverai si come sa di sale  Lo pane altrui, e com e duro calle   Lo scendere e'l salir per l'altrui scale.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing good or evil save in the will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61592]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing good or evil save in the will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16745]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The newspaper takes so long to read. Plus, it has so much in it that no longer applies to my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The newspaper takes so long to read. Plus, it has so much in it that no longer applies to my life. So much trivia. I don't fault them for that ? all of it applies to some people's lives but not mine. I feel that I have better things to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26157]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[diamonds shine more brightly foiled by black velvet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/723]]></link><description><![CDATA[diamonds shine more brightly foiled by black velvet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More are taken in by hope than by cunning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10836]]></link><description><![CDATA[More are taken in by hope than by cunning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12291]]></link><description><![CDATA[What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21227]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46278]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves; most things, in fact, are better in the morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10948]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7195]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7195</guid></item></channel></rss>