<?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[Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our proper bliss depends on what we blame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3533]]></link><description><![CDATA[An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no rule without revolts and conspiracies, even as there is no property without work and worry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36803]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no rule without revolts and conspiracies, even as there is no property without work and worry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and say, How can we screw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and say, How can we screw this kid up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20551]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David's had an incredible year on clay and is in spectacular form at the moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39055]]></link><description><![CDATA[David's had an incredible year on clay and is in spectacular form at the moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155   To worship effectively is to enable men to become free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155   To worship effectively is to enable men to become free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Me playing and wanting to start would be selfish and not a team thing. If the timing isn't there, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Me playing and wanting to start would be selfish and not a team thing. If the timing isn't there, you don't have a proper working machine. You've got a Ferrari with a Nissan engine and you can't have that now. It's like wearing white socks with dress pants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56905]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23400]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to be a bummer if Mars turns out to be like us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9335]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to be a bummer if Mars turns out to be like us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't have my control. The sinker was going too wide. I wanted to keep the ball down, so if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't have my control. The sinker was going too wide. I wanted to keep the ball down, so if they made contact, they keep the ball in the ballpark. That lineup doesn't have any weak spots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an excellent problem. It speaks to the success of the arts district. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38603]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an excellent problem. It speaks to the success of the arts district.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. [Lat., Negligere quid de se ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53877]]></link><description><![CDATA[To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless. [Lat., Negligere quid de se quisque sentiat, non solum arrogantis est, sed etiam omnino dissoluti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into the sunset's turquoise marge The moon dips, like a pearly barge;  Enchantment sails through magic seas,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Into the sunset's turquoise marge The moon dips, like a pearly barge;  Enchantment sails through magic seas,   To fairland Hesperides,    Over the hills and away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When day is done, and clouds are low, And flowers are honey-dew,  And Hesper's lamp begins to glow  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14251]]></link><description><![CDATA[When day is done, and clouds are low, And flowers are honey-dew,  And Hesper's lamp begins to glow   Along the western blue;    And homeward wing the turtle-doves,     Then comes the hour the poet loves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We received a grant through the Discovery Project to visit the Portland Art Museum, the Oregon Historical Society, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We received a grant through the Discovery Project to visit the Portland Art Museum, the Oregon Historical Society, and the Oregon Zoo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scandal is what one half of the world takes pleasure inventing, and the other half in believing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scandal is what one half of the world takes pleasure inventing, and the other half in believing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4423]]></link><description><![CDATA[The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery will get you everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery will get you everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48284]]></link><description><![CDATA[That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42919]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54691]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any boy can get a girl, it takes a man to keep one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any boy can get a girl, it takes a man to keep one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a rosebud, a child at play, a Divine mystery, or a waterfall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's flattering, but you start to wonder whether people that are becoming fans of all the bands that have taken ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32465]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's flattering, but you start to wonder whether people that are becoming fans of all the bands that have taken on that look know where it's coming from. I'm not saying we invented it -- we drew influence from the Damned and the Misfits -- but it wasn't very popular when we started doing it. It's strange, but if you start worrying about stuff like that, it becomes less about being a songwriter and more about trying to control what's going on in some kind of scene.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16671]]></link><description><![CDATA[England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland.   - Mrs. Lydia Maria Child,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15160]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27031]]></link><description><![CDATA[A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on talking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a complex being; he makes the deserts bloom and lakes die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a complex being; he makes the deserts bloom and lakes die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By introducing noise, they hope the adjustment will be smoother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31064]]></link><description><![CDATA[By introducing noise, they hope the adjustment will be smoother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a tough problem, and there is no simple answer or smoking gun. More likely, there are multiple causes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31902]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a tough problem, and there is no simple answer or smoking gun. More likely, there are multiple causes, and they may vary from species to species.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else, and it'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60971]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else, and it'll become like a wildfire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1038]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune changes not birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune changes not birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism consists largely in saying 'Lord Jones died' to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalism consists largely in saying 'Lord Jones died' to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Sane man will dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11029]]></link><description><![CDATA[No Sane man will dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the world slide. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the world slide. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[According to Doug Allen, president of MastroNet, the rapidly growing Americana division provided fertile ground for establishing some new favorite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33926]]></link><description><![CDATA[[According to Doug Allen, president of MastroNet, the rapidly growing Americana division provided fertile ground for establishing some new favorite collecting items and areas of interest.] There can be little doubt that Americana collectors are increasing in numbers, ... With each auction we see new categories of collectibles emerging, many with selling prices that seem to be giving previously obscure items new value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you're working at McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, there's really no sex appeal to that kind of job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you're working at McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, there's really no sex appeal to that kind of job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60126]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're primarily in the business of pulling oil out of the ground, so it's generally a benefit to them, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37549]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're primarily in the business of pulling oil out of the ground, so it's generally a benefit to them,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft-buzzing Slander; silly moths that eat An honest name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft-buzzing Slander; silly moths that eat An honest name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200   Let me love Thee so that the honour, riches, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200   Let me love Thee so that the honour, riches, and pleasures of the world may seem unworthy even of hatred -- may not even be encumbrances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7989</guid></item></channel></rss>