<?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[Nothing is more vulgar than haste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more vulgar than haste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need;  Pick out of tales ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57918]]></link><description><![CDATA[When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need;  Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54864]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment ofthe Palestinianson the Diane Rehm Show. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45969]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are completely in bed with the Israelis to the detriment ofthe Palestinianson the Diane Rehm Show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He could raise scruples dark and nice, And after solve 'em in a trice;  As if Divinity had catch'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28]]></link><description><![CDATA[He could raise scruples dark and nice, And after solve 'em in a trice;  As if Divinity had catch'd   The itch, on purpose to be scratched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4517]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I do not know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24839]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are here on earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I do not know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are at your best everybody can be your friend, but when you are at your worst only the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63075]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are at your best everybody can be your friend, but when you are at your worst only the true ones stay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19523]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Some callers] aren't paying their electric (bill) in order to get their medicine, ... aren't getting their medicine in order ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33610]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Some callers] aren't paying their electric (bill) in order to get their medicine, ... aren't getting their medicine in order to pay their electric.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65853]]></link><description><![CDATA[You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14754]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... and know the place for the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some self-confronting questions: "Where do I want to be at any given time?" "How am I going to get there? "What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?"... "What's the first, small step I can take to get moving?".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dane Cook is one of the most exciting comedy stars to emerge on the scene in many years, and his ability to connect with audiences is truly remarkable. HBO will be able to give this gifted performer the broadest, most unrestricted showcase for his talent, and we're delighted to welcome him to the network.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts certain sufferings as matters of course, puts up patiently with certain evils. Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him. - Waiting for God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46033]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10529]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49809]]></link><description><![CDATA[The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God in making man intended by him to reduce all His Works back again to Himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20850]]></link><description><![CDATA[God in making man intended by him to reduce all His Works back again to Himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England  And I said to the man who stood at the gate of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England  And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: "Give me a light. that I may tread safely into the unknown." And he replied: "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light, and safer than a known way.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55847]]></link><description><![CDATA[By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon, Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowned honour by the locks. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With IPTV dramatically changing the entertainment market and helping to spur demand for broadband, IPTV products will be one of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38334]]></link><description><![CDATA[With IPTV dramatically changing the entertainment market and helping to spur demand for broadband, IPTV products will be one of the hottest items on the Telecom NEXT exhibit floor. The Broadband Services Forum is a terrific group to give Telecom NEXT attendees the critical information that will help network service providers with their network purchasing decisions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences after all but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will the world be quite overturned when you die? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28016]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will the world be quite overturned when you die?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5370]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no body will go to hell for company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49954]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no body will go to hell for company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13092]]></link><description><![CDATA[For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will not allow the state of lawlessness, the disorder of weapons, taking law into one's hands, kidnapping and attacks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41291]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will not allow the state of lawlessness, the disorder of weapons, taking law into one's hands, kidnapping and attacks on government institutions and state land to continue, ... No one is above the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63624]]></link><description><![CDATA[The "kingdom of Heaven" is a condition of the heart - not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaders of the political blocs reached an agreement on the constitution draft that guarantees the rights of all Iraqi people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leaders of the political blocs reached an agreement on the constitution draft that guarantees the rights of all Iraqi people in the referendum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie told often enough becomes the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59827]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie told often enough becomes the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing that crossed my mind was he had a heart problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39562]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing that crossed my mind was he had a heart problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24245]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15249]]></link><description><![CDATA[You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training. -- Response to Arthur Jones, who solved the unsolvable problem by inventing Nautilus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The march of the human mind is slow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The march of the human mind is slow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the world's enjoyments That ever valued were,  There's none of our employments   With fishing can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the world's enjoyments That ever valued were,  There's none of our employments   With fishing can compare.   - Thomas Durfee (or D'Urfey),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said: that it was a Great delusion to think that the times of prayer ought to differ from other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7740]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said: that it was a Great delusion to think that the times of prayer ought to differ from other times; that we are as strictly obliged to adhere to God by action in the time of action, as by prayer in its season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's always been a problem with parking down here. I always said there are more cars then there are people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37661]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's always been a problem with parking down here. I always said there are more cars then there are people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285  Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts,  Thou fount of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285  Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts,  Thou fount of life, thou Light of men,  From the best bliss that earth imparts  We turn unfilled to Thee again.  We taste Thee, O Thou living Bread,  And long to feast upon Thee still:  We drink of Thee, the Fountainhead,  And thirst our souls from Thee to fill.   O Jesus, ever with us stay,  Make all our moments calm and bright;  Chase the dark night of sin away,  Shed o'er the world Thy holy light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice, like liberty and coercion, is a concept which, for the sake of clarity, ought to be confined to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice, like liberty and coercion, is a concept which, for the sake of clarity, ought to be confined to the deliberate treatment of men by other men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat others as thou wouldn't be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat others as thou wouldn't be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15796</guid></item></channel></rss>