<?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 ends must justify the means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22006]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ends must justify the means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So weight loss is not easy because the body is essentially working against you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41066]]></link><description><![CDATA[So weight loss is not easy because the body is essentially working against you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated need but to be seen;  Yet seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated need but to be seen;  Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,   We first endure, then pity, then embrace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64523]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36802]]></link><description><![CDATA[What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46425]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them." "The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something - the mortality of the optimist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45135]]></link><description><![CDATA[All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21141]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65504]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life. But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint. So, too, are you. Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will become the person you are meant to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Covetousnesse breaks the bag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Covetousnesse breaks the bag.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/683]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17253]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you really feel like you're a different band and you're that much better than you were, then you should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32471]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you really feel like you're a different band and you're that much better than you were, then you should change your name. That's a silly stance to take, because you're just going to disappoint people. Your early stuff is what people really attached themselves to. There aren't any songs that we won't play because we don't like them and don't think they're good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to Liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53722]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to Liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We produce data on average wage by industry, but the portion of compensation that we haven't had (in our surveys) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29641]]></link><description><![CDATA[We produce data on average wage by industry, but the portion of compensation that we haven't had (in our surveys) is benefits, We decided it was time to get on the bandwagon and do this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61571]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abortion will be outlawed in a number of states, but that doesn't mean it will be banned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abortion will be outlawed in a number of states, but that doesn't mean it will be banned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18777]]></link><description><![CDATA[What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26401]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can be happy where you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64784]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can be happy where you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those Rooks, dear, from morning till night, They seem to do nothing but quarrel and fight,  And wrangle and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those Rooks, dear, from morning till night, They seem to do nothing but quarrel and fight,  And wrangle and jangle, and plunder.   - Dinah Maria Mulock (used pseudonym Mrs. Craik),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools. -- 1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugaror coffee and I will pay more for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22083]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugaror coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other underthe sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a Child ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62699]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a Child himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36661]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some nation states prohibit the police from collecting information on their own citizens. But they don't prohibit their own intelligence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some nation states prohibit the police from collecting information on their own citizens. But they don't prohibit their own intelligence organizations from collecting information on their own citizens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41073]]></link><description><![CDATA[A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody speaks the truth when there's something they must have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57362]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65987]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And ye sall walk in silk attire, And siller hae to spare,  Gin ye'll consent to be his bride, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4898]]></link><description><![CDATA[And ye sall walk in silk attire, And siller hae to spare,  Gin ye'll consent to be his bride,   Nor think o'Donald mair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All children have creative power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63954]]></link><description><![CDATA[All children have creative power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26939]]></link><description><![CDATA[By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone looks so much better when they smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone looks so much better when they smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33534]]></link><description><![CDATA[At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spend in pure converse our eternal day; Think each in each, immediately wise;  Learn all we lacked before; hear, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spend in pure converse our eternal day; Think each in each, immediately wise;  Learn all we lacked before; hear, know, and say   What this tumultuous body now denies;    And feel, who have laid our groping hands away;     And see, no longer blinded by our eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901   What are our lame praises in comparison with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901   What are our lame praises in comparison with His love? Nothing, and less than nothing; but love will stammer rather than be dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him fry in his own grease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him fry in his own grease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We kept our composure down the stretch and made some big shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41035]]></link><description><![CDATA[We kept our composure down the stretch and made some big shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're illegal, you have to work and go to your house. You can't make trouble because if the police ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29095]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're illegal, you have to work and go to your house. You can't make trouble because if the police catch you, you will be deported.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I am back at 100 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40354]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I am back at 100 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we frankly give, forever is our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5742]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we frankly give, forever is our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50762]]></link><description><![CDATA[That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing,  She is a bonny wee thing,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61872]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing,  She is a bonny wee thing,   This sweet wee wife o' mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think INXS wants to see a darker side of me, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42727]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think INXS wants to see a darker side of me,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42727</guid></item></channel></rss>