<?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[I didn't have any interest in traditional art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't have any interest in traditional art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. -Eden Phillpotts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25108]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. -Eden Phillpotts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll be hurting if we don't get it done this year because people will go elsewhere to make more money ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36008]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll be hurting if we don't get it done this year because people will go elsewhere to make more money and have better benefits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not just about the film industry: whether you're talking about the pharmaceutical industry, the information technology industry or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32680]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not just about the film industry: whether you're talking about the pharmaceutical industry, the information technology industry or filmed entertainment, the protection of intellectual property is crucial. If we can't build businesses around ideas, and feel comfortable that we have the right to those ideas, then our entire business is threatened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love is pleasant, of interest, easy, and where both meet, happy. A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendship, all the enjoyments of sense and reason, and,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/573]]></link><description><![CDATA[All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1648]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52582]]></link><description><![CDATA[A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over a garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No that's trendy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave her to Heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,  To prick and sting her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave her to Heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge,  To prick and sting her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11436]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the last ten years, I would suggest that's long enough!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the Fall, Adam and Eve had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33603]]></link><description><![CDATA[It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the Fall, Adam and Eve had begged the Lord to forgive them and He, in his boundless exasperation, had said, ''All right, then. Stay. Stay in the Garden. Get civilized. Procreate. Muck it up.'' And they did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We kind of panicked a little bit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33681]]></link><description><![CDATA[We kind of panicked a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will never try to develop a strategy that wins on price. There is nothing unique about pricing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20826]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will never try to develop a strategy that wins on price. There is nothing unique about pricing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43531]]></link><description><![CDATA[True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a sexually transmitted disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a sexually transmitted disease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by getting a great library. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24768]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by getting a great library.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within.  So those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within.  So those in this world who would rise and shine   Should seek internal excellence to win.    And though 'tis true that falsehood and despair     Meet in my name, yet bear it still in mind      That where they meet they perish. All is fair       When they are gone and nought remains behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll fill those canyons in your soul, like a river lead you home. And I'll walk a step behind, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35333]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll fill those canyons in your soul, like a river lead you home. And I'll walk a step behind, in the shadows so you shine. Just ask, it will be done and I will prove my love, until you're sure that I'm the one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentious fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentious fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51642]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one wants advice -- only corroboration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/795]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one wants advice -- only corroboration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26240]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise,  And some the architect: his hand was known  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise,  And some the architect: his hand was known   In heaven by many a tower'd structure high,    Where scepter'd angels held their residence,     And sat as princes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Line after line my gushing eye o'erflow, Led thro' a said variety of woe:  Now warm in love, now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Line after line my gushing eye o'erflow, Led thro' a said variety of woe:  Now warm in love, now with'ring in my bloom,   Lost in a convent's solitary gloom!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope it shows ? yes these things are effective. We want concrete evidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33322]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope it shows ? yes these things are effective. We want concrete evidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The education of the doctor which goes on after he has his degree is, after all, the most important part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The education of the doctor which goes on after he has his degree is, after all, the most important part of his education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles   The desire for unity has haunted me all my life through; I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles   The desire for unity has haunted me all my life through; I have never been able to substitute any desire for that, or to accept any of the different schemes for satisfaction of that men have desired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wonders of each region view, From frozen Lapland to Peru. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59623]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wonders of each region view, From frozen Lapland to Peru.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I am unaware of love, I live drably. If I become intoxicated with love, I live in dreamland. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25917]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I am unaware of love, I live drably. If I become intoxicated with love, I live in dreamland. If I recognize love, and shake his hand then comfort, dreams, and sometimes intoxication become mine to drench in and give away as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality is a private and costly luxury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality is a private and costly luxury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The attacks against coalition forces have definitely gone down. Our attacks against the enemy have gone up. Attacks against civilians ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38368]]></link><description><![CDATA[The attacks against coalition forces have definitely gone down. Our attacks against the enemy have gone up. Attacks against civilians over time has gone up,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24931]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52737]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who steals a bugle-horn, a ring, a steed, Or such like worthless thing, has some discretion;  'Tis petty larceny: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who steals a bugle-horn, a ring, a steed, Or such like worthless thing, has some discretion;  'Tis petty larceny: not such his deed   Who robs us of our fame, our best possession.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35131]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  A man who prays without ceasing, if he achieves something, knows why he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  A man who prays without ceasing, if he achieves something, knows why he achieved it, and can take no pride in it... for he cannot attribute it to his own powers, but attributes all his achievements to God, always renders thanks to him and constantly calls upon him, trembling lest he be deprived of help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66525]]></link><description><![CDATA[I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great problem with doing that in real time is people live in real time and almost everybody's default forecasting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37048]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great problem with doing that in real time is people live in real time and almost everybody's default forecasting method is to extrapolate the recent past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22512]]></link><description><![CDATA[God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22512</guid></item></channel></rss>