<?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 meteor flag of England. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16127]]></link><description><![CDATA[The meteor flag of England.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing the convergence of improved economic conditions, the leveling off of sales incentives and the huge amount of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30628]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing the convergence of improved economic conditions, the leveling off of sales incentives and the huge amount of new vehicle launches scheduled over the next few years all playing a factor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not the first one to quarrel, nor the last to make up ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not the first one to quarrel, nor the last to make up]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47246]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of moving accidents by flood and field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of moving accidents by flood and field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53909]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very dangerous to me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the Social Democrats that did not want German reunification. It was the Christian Democrats who supported German reunification. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33694]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the Social Democrats that did not want German reunification. It was the Christian Democrats who supported German reunification.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ugliness is a point of view: an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ugliness is a point of view: an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would prefer to have no money but to have a nice family and good friends around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would prefer to have no money but to have a nice family and good friends around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54694]]></link><description><![CDATA[I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civil habit Oft covers a good man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18517]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civil habit Oft covers a good man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nursery of brooding Pelicans, The dormitory of their dead, had vanish'd,  And all the minor spots of rock ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nursery of brooding Pelicans, The dormitory of their dead, had vanish'd,  And all the minor spots of rock and verdue,   The abodes of happy millions, were no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion.  For instance, let's say you're an astronaught on the moon and you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion.  For instance, let's say you're an astronaught on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57764]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not dumb enough to be a goalie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65119]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are inmates part of a fix? Absolutely. But to send an inmate out as a quasi-United Nations representative? Who's controlling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are inmates part of a fix? Absolutely. But to send an inmate out as a quasi-United Nations representative? Who's controlling that? Who's running the damn place when you're using peacekeepers?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody picks on a strong man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody picks on a strong man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being on sea saile, being on land settle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being on sea saile, being on land settle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be that, too. You can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be that, too. You can be a Broadway star here one night, and something happens, and out--nobody knows you on the street. They forget you ever lived. It happens in Hollywood, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart and soul of the question is whether they can charge us impact fees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33439]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart and soul of the question is whether they can charge us impact fees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a good initiative to resolve the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35730]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a good initiative to resolve the situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satellite-delivered HDTV is driving the business for many of our customers, ... We are delighted to again help DIRECTV connect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satellite-delivered HDTV is driving the business for many of our customers, ... We are delighted to again help DIRECTV connect with its customers and expand its services in the United States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who will not mercie unto others show, How can he mercie ever hope to have? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will not mercie unto others show, How can he mercie ever hope to have?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That intelligent creatures exist in outerspace is proven by the fact that they have not contacted us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57308]]></link><description><![CDATA[That intelligent creatures exist in outerspace is proven by the fact that they have not contacted us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[an opportunity to prevent further fighting; to reassure the population; and to ensure the peaceful preparation of the upcoming presidential ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37521]]></link><description><![CDATA[an opportunity to prevent further fighting; to reassure the population; and to ensure the peaceful preparation of the upcoming presidential election.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why don't you start believing that no matter what you have or haven't done, that your best days are still out in front of you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61094]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see music as the augmentation of a split second of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27899]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see music as the augmentation of a split second of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roads are just a suggestion, like pants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roads are just a suggestion, like pants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The state is the great fiction by which everybody tries to live at the expense of everybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The state is the great fiction by which everybody tries to live at the expense of everybody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64498]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12924]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friends stab you in the front. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65656]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friends stab you in the front.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18560]]></link><description><![CDATA[My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole world will praise him and all Indians will be forever indebted to him if he does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole world will praise him and all Indians will be forever indebted to him if he does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From wine what sudden friendship springs? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61684]]></link><description><![CDATA[From wine what sudden friendship springs?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But who alas! can love and then be wise? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48727]]></link><description><![CDATA[But who alas! can love and then be wise?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Covetous of the property of others and prodigal of his own. [Lat., Alieni appetens sui profusus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Covetous of the property of others and prodigal of his own. [Lat., Alieni appetens sui profusus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Southern Baptist Convention today would be part of the religious right and 20 years ago it would have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30279]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Southern Baptist Convention today would be part of the religious right and 20 years ago it would have been more mainstream. I think it would also be fair to say the conservatives have developed pretty strong ties to the Republican Party.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is well paid that is well satisfied. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55613]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is well paid that is well satisfied. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   I think I have never heard a sermon preached on the story of Mary and Martha that did not attempt, somehow, somewhere, to explain away its text. Mary's, of course, was the better part -- the Lord said so, and we must not precisely contradict Him. But we will be careful not to despise Martha. No doubt, He approved of her, too. We could not get on without her, and indeed, having paid lip-service to God's opinion, we must admit that we greatly prefer her, for Martha was doing a really feminine job, whereas Mary was just behaving like any other disciple; and that is a hard pill to swallow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7310</guid></item></channel></rss>