<?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[It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48882]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone tells me that the Italian championship is the toughest in the world, but I'm not afraid. In my career, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone tells me that the Italian championship is the toughest in the world, but I'm not afraid. In my career, I've always scored goals, wherever I've been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth condemns; maturity condones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth condemns; maturity condones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26565]]></link><description><![CDATA[My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The market] is under-performing in terms of sales because it's tough to find something that works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35449]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The market] is under-performing in terms of sales because it's tough to find something that works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my case, Sunday, I didn't know that a tornado was coming because I was watching Spanish TV. The only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31263]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my case, Sunday, I didn't know that a tornado was coming because I was watching Spanish TV. The only reason I learned that we had a tornado was because a friend warned me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.-. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11377]]></link><description><![CDATA[May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.-.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get what you concentrate upon. There is no other main rule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66092]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get what you concentrate upon. There is no other main rule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53281]]></link><description><![CDATA[To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13235]]></link><description><![CDATA[However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell,  And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell,  And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head   The likeness of a kingly crown had on.    Satan was now at hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17643]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed for a time. Now, He's called you home, I'm sad and I shed tears. Yet, I'm glad He loaned you to me and we had these many years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody knew that I could type pretty well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He made all countries where he came his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25959]]></link><description><![CDATA[He made all countries where he came his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One sweet, sad secret holds my heart in thrall; A mighty love within my breast has grown,  Unseen, unspoken, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25616]]></link><description><![CDATA[One sweet, sad secret holds my heart in thrall; A mighty love within my breast has grown,  Unseen, unspoken, and of no one known;   And of my sweet, who gave it, least of all.    [Fr., Ma vie a son secret, mon ame a son mystere:     Un amour eternel en un moment concu.      La mal est sans remede, aussi j'ai du le taire,       Et elle qui l'a fait n'en a jamais rien su.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every artist writes his own autobiography. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every artist writes his own autobiography.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66494]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That least pleases us which is most urged on us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50890]]></link><description><![CDATA[That least pleases us which is most urged on us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark, hark, the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus gins arise,  His steeds to water at those springs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark, hark, the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus gins arise,  His steeds to water at those springs   On chaliced flowers that lies;    And winking Mary-buds begin     To ope their golden eyes.      With every thing that pretty is,       My lady sweet, arise,        Arise, arise!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, after all, are the world's deepest problems? They are what they always have been, the individual's problems -- the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6345]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, after all, are the world's deepest problems? They are what they always have been, the individual's problems -- the meaning of life and death, the mastery of self, the quest for value and worth-whileness and freedom within, the transcending of loneliness, the longing for love and a sense of significance, and for peace. Society's problems are deep, but the individual's problems go deeper; Solzhenitsyn, Dostoyevsky, or Shakespeare will show us that, if we hesitate to take it from the Bible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was pretty neat. At the state tournament, they also got the sportsmanship award, which was the first time ever. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38648]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was pretty neat. At the state tournament, they also got the sportsmanship award, which was the first time ever. They were fun to watch play. When they received that award, they were all dressed up in red and white.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge  Such as none ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge  Such as none other hath, when they are known,   They are found shallow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2876]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little pot belly and a bald spot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies with strong earnings prospects may lead the market higher. Automakers and auto equipment makers are buying targets given increasing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Companies with strong earnings prospects may lead the market higher. Automakers and auto equipment makers are buying targets given increasing sales in overseas markets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Make me feel important." Never forget this message when working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Make me feel important." Never forget this message when working with people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The high wage begins down in the shop. If it is not created there it cannot get into pay envelopes. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The high wage begins down in the shop. If it is not created there it cannot get into pay envelopes. There will never be a system invented which will do away with the necessity for work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beginnings of all things are small. [Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3948]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beginnings of all things are small. [Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43587]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in a major revolt right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41992]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in a major revolt right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fumes spread from the construction area into the records office. Several employees reported smelling noxious fumes. Several became lightheaded. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33715]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fumes spread from the construction area into the records office. Several employees reported smelling noxious fumes. Several became lightheaded. A few became nauseated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have. . . . The moment of desire, when you know something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11972]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have. . . . The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen -- that's the most exalting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6152]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet in that bulb, those sapless scales, The lily wraps her silver vest,  Till vernal suns and vernal gales ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet in that bulb, those sapless scales, The lily wraps her silver vest,  Till vernal suns and vernal gales   Shall kiss once more her fragrant breast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you live with another person for 50 years, all of your memories are invested in that person, like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26908]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you live with another person for 50 years, all of your memories are invested in that person, like a bank account of shared memories. It’s not that you refer to them constantly. In fact, for people who do not live in the past, you almost never say, Do you remember that night we...? But you don’t have to. That is the best of all. You know that the other person does remember. Thus, the past is part of the present as long as the other person lives. It is better than any scrapbook, because you are both living scrapbooks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15676</guid></item></channel></rss>