<?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[In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14642]]></link><description><![CDATA[In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/991]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63837]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52083]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art thou a magistrate? then be severe: If studious, copy fair what time hath blurr'd,  Redeem truth from his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art thou a magistrate? then be severe: If studious, copy fair what time hath blurr'd,  Redeem truth from his jaws: if a soldier,   Chase brave employments with a naked sword    Throughout the world. Fool not, for all may have     If they dare try, a glorious life, or grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused. All of my remaining ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36852]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused. All of my remaining days, I will feel tremendous sadness and regret for my conduct and for what I have done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Noble houskeepers neede no dores. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Noble houskeepers neede no dores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes conflict is necessary in the short term to achieve peace through the threat of aggression, and sometimes it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes conflict is necessary in the short term to achieve peace through the threat of aggression, and sometimes it is the threat of conflict which can establish peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a wit, if not first, in the very first line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61821]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable things in those tiny toilets. These men should not be encouraged, their fantasies are sadly low-rent and unimaginative. Affect an aloof, cool demeanor as soon as any man tries to draw you out. Unless, of course, he's the pilot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can’t ruin this country even with politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest -- that would be like a blind man willing to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19677]]></link><description><![CDATA[No such thing as a man willing to be honest -- that would be like a blind man willing to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66109]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a well-stored chest intercepts the truth. [Lat., Opes invisae merito ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches are deservedly despised by a man of honor, because a well-stored chest intercepts the truth. [Lat., Opes invisae merito sunt forti viro,  Quia dives arca veram laudem intercipit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25985]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interest in this technology abroad was much higher for airport security because there weren't as many issues related to privacy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Interest in this technology abroad was much higher for airport security because there weren't as many issues related to privacy as in the U.S..]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is another name for opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45048]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is another name for opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, son, many a good story has been ruined by over-verification. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, son, many a good story has been ruined by over-verification.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie cannot live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63227]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie cannot live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He kept no Christmas-house for once a yeere, Each day his boards were fild with Lordly fare;  He fed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19858]]></link><description><![CDATA[He kept no Christmas-house for once a yeere, Each day his boards were fild with Lordly fare;  He fed a rout of yeoman with his cheer,   Nor was his bread and beefe kept in with care;    His wine and beere to strangers were not spare,     And yet beside to all that hunger greved,      His gates were open, and they were there relived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You put fine dishes on your table, Olus, but you always put them on covered. This is ridiculous; in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14073]]></link><description><![CDATA[You put fine dishes on your table, Olus, but you always put them on covered. This is ridiculous; in the same way I could put fine dished on my table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first and last frosts are the worst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first and last frosts are the worst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is the human personification of spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45179]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is the human personification of spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last season, we basically put a lot of pressure on ourselves. One year later, it?s nice to be back in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last season, we basically put a lot of pressure on ourselves. One year later, it?s nice to be back in this position, playing well against the best teams in the county.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very important moment in Gibraltar's history -- 300 years of being British, which is rather longer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42459]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very important moment in Gibraltar's history -- 300 years of being British, which is rather longer than it was ever Spanish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up like a cabbage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38585]]></link><description><![CDATA[At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up like a cabbage]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been on hold seven or eight times and disconnected. I called Well Care the other day and it said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29436]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been on hold seven or eight times and disconnected. I called Well Care the other day and it said to leave a message for a certain box, which is hard to do if you haven't called the plan before and don't have a box number.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there's any drawback, it would be in terms of how higher prices would affect the margins in their refining ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37548]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there's any drawback, it would be in terms of how higher prices would affect the margins in their refining operations -- but that's not an issue now because of capacity constraints we have here in the United States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As so I penned It down, until at last it came to be,  For length and breadth, the bigness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3515]]></link><description><![CDATA[As so I penned It down, until at last it came to be,  For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That would be roughly equivalent to the number of doses that are used in a typical flu season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32280]]></link><description><![CDATA[That would be roughly equivalent to the number of doses that are used in a typical flu season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2085]]></link><description><![CDATA[To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ask people not to rush us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34846]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ask people not to rush us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commodities currencies including the Canadian dollar are doing very well today as gold and oil prices are up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commodities currencies including the Canadian dollar are doing very well today as gold and oil prices are up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65123]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The positive drum beat has caught up with the negative one. But on an individual basis, most seniors still can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34064]]></link><description><![CDATA[The positive drum beat has caught up with the negative one. But on an individual basis, most seniors still can't answer the big question: 'What does it mean for me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906  The Church has no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906  The Church has no mission of its own. All we can have by ourselves is a club or a debating society; and our only hope, left to ourselves, is to win as many members for our own club and away from other clubs as we can. And whatever this is, it is not Mission. Mission belongs to God. The Mission was His from the beginning; it is His; it will always be His. He has His purposes from the foundation of the world, and the means to fulfill them; and the only part the Church has in this is obedience -- a share in the eternal and life-giving obedience of the Son of God... And the most terrible judgment on the Church comes when God leaves us to our own devices because He is tired of waiting for our obedience -- leaves us to be the domestic chaplains to a comfortable secular world -- and goes Himself into the wilderness of human need and injustice and pain. This judgment does come on churches and nations, when they forget that God is in command, that He does the choosing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32548]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I know he does that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the Thing that I was born to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11680]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the Thing that I was born to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11680</guid></item></channel></rss>