<?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[Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The buttercups across the field Made sunshine rifts of splendor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5146]]></link><description><![CDATA[The buttercups across the field Made sunshine rifts of splendor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament.  They are but beggars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament.  They are but beggars that can count their worth;   But my true love is grown to such excess    I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be nurtured and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be nurtured and loved. But at the same time, they need to feel like men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never heard a passion so confused, So strange, outrageous, and so variable  As the dog Jew did utter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6173]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never heard a passion so confused, So strange, outrageous, and so variable  As the dog Jew did utter in the streets:   'My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter!    Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53615]]></link><description><![CDATA[A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature. -Much Ado ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55435]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59570]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someday will never come and take you by the hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someday will never come and take you by the hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and wewho fail to prevent them must share ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and wewho fail to prevent them must share in the guilt for the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19431]]></link><description><![CDATA[As lousy as things are now, tomorrow they will be somebody's good old days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said,  This is my own, my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said,  This is my own, my native land!   Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,    As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,     From wandering on a foreign strand!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started out slow with our defensive pressure, but we were creating a lot of turnovers, and we shut them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41981]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started out slow with our defensive pressure, but we were creating a lot of turnovers, and we shut them down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mole and His MotherA mole, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: I am sure than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1522]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Mole and His MotherA mole, a creature blind from birth, once said to his Mother: I am sure than I can see, Mother! In the desire to prove to him his mistake, his Mother placed before him a few grains of frankincense, and asked, What is it?' The young Mole said, It is a pebble. His Mother exclaimed: My son, I am afraid that you are not only blind, but that you have lost your sense of smell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes. I think I'm going to stay. Everything is nice here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes. I think I'm going to stay. Everything is nice here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of the human mind in ruins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of the human mind in ruins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61767]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend sticks with you through thick and thin no matter what. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16962]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend sticks with you through thick and thin no matter what.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the only means to well-being is to increase the quantity of products. This is what business aims at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15714]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the only means to well-being is to increase the quantity of products. This is what business aims at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50533]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Channel is that silver strip of sea which severs merry England from the tardy realms of Europe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Channel is that silver strip of sea which severs merry England from the tardy realms of Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don't win ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57687]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say some of my stars drink whiskey. But I have found that the ones who drink milkshakes don't win many ballgames.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . what women want is what men want. They want respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27025]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . what women want is what men want. They want respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail to thee blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert,  That from Heaven, or near it,   Pourest thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail to thee blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert,  That from Heaven, or near it,   Pourest thy full heart    In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, everybody would prefer to play inside, you know, because the conditions are totally different. But what can we do? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, everybody would prefer to play inside, you know, because the conditions are totally different. But what can we do? If the supervisor, they make the schedules, they put you on this court, what can you do?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of my merit On that pint you yourself may jedge:  All is, I never drink no sperit,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of my merit On that pint you yourself may jedge:  All is, I never drink no sperit,   Nor I haint never signed no pledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don\'t find fault, find a remedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don\'t find fault, find a remedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17472]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. If we must have them, let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to MH.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8676]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52059]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I bit into the nectarine, it had a crisp juiciness about it that was very pleasurable - until I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11740]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I bit into the nectarine, it had a crisp juiciness about it that was very pleasurable - until I realized it wasn't a nectarine at all, but A HUMAN HEAD!!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61060]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is but a truism that labor is most productive where its wages are largest. Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The still small voice of gratitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18155]]></link><description><![CDATA[The still small voice of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know how to win victory, Hannibal, you do not how to use it [Lat., Vincere scis, Hannibal; victoria uti ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60584]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know how to win victory, Hannibal, you do not how to use it [Lat., Vincere scis, Hannibal; victoria uti nescis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things. [Lat., Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy the man who has been able to learn the causes of things. [Lat., Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good night! I have to say good night, To such a host of peerless things! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good night! I have to say good night, To such a host of peerless things!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yun daisyd mantels ys the mountayne dyghte. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yun daisyd mantels ys the mountayne dyghte.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man's credit is as good as his money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10610]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man's credit is as good as his money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25181]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seems like Tokyo stocks hit the short-term bottom on Monday. Now investors are comfortable about buying and giving a positive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seems like Tokyo stocks hit the short-term bottom on Monday. Now investors are comfortable about buying and giving a positive reaction to good corporate earnings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter if we're counting days, work-hours or barrels refined, our truest measure of safety is that everyone goes home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32781]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter if we're counting days, work-hours or barrels refined, our truest measure of safety is that everyone goes home safely at the end of the day. We are proud of our employees who are dedicated and vigilant when it comes to safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sit down and feed, and welcome to our table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sit down and feed, and welcome to our table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13258</guid></item></channel></rss>