<?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 Vain JackdawJupiter determined, it is said, to create a sovereign over the birds, and made proclamation that on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1561]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Vain JackdawJupiter determined, it is said, to create a sovereign over the birds, and made proclamation that on a certain day they should all present themselves before him, when he would himself choose the most beautiful among them to be king. The Jackdaw, knowing his own ugliness, searched through the woods and fields, and collected the feathers which had fallen from the wings of his companions, and stuck them in all parts of his body, hoping thereby to make himself the most beautiful of all. When the appointed day arrived, and the birds had assembled before Jupiter, the Jackdaw also made his appearance in his many feathered finery. But when Jupiter proposed to make him king because of the beauty of his plumage, the birds indignantly protested, and each plucked from him his own feathers, leaving the Jackdaw nothing but a Jackdaw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business is very good right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business is very good right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would of course speak with any interested shareholder of relevant thoughts and perspectives. We have informed Icahn that we'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34168]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would of course speak with any interested shareholder of relevant thoughts and perspectives. We have informed Icahn that we'd be happy to meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that colour. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55747]]></link><description><![CDATA[My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that colour. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[people who are willing to kill animals just to satisfy their greed for meat are ultimately, really, killing themselves by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2650]]></link><description><![CDATA[people who are willing to kill animals just to satisfy their greed for meat are ultimately, really, killing themselves by their cruelty . . . that is God at workhttp://www.egroups.com/messages/christianveg.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15884]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like life. It's something to do. Somewhere on this globe every 10 seconds there is a woman giving birth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24901]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like life. It's something to do. Somewhere on this globe every 10 seconds there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is said that gifts persuade even the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17435]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13744]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In quiet places, reason abounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52799]]></link><description><![CDATA[In quiet places, reason abounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;  Or on wide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;  Or on wide waving wings expanded bear   The flying chariot through the fields of air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46540]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32847]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was safe where we went.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boys and the FrogsSome boys, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boys and the FrogsSome boys, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: Pray stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is death to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you felling otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8744]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you felling otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not religious, he will be superstitious. IF he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet, if he would, man cannot live all to this world. If not religious, he will be superstitious. IF he worship not the true God, he will have his idols.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time was made for slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time was made for slaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some say there is no God...that we are squatting tenantsin the hostile house ofan absent slumlord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some say there is no God...that we are squatting tenantsin the hostile house ofan absent slumlord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're Fired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23141]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're Fired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bill of Rights -- The Original Contract With America. Accept no substitutes. Beware of imitations. Insist on the genuine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9918]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bill of Rights -- The Original Contract With America. Accept no substitutes. Beware of imitations. Insist on the genuine articles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He pares his apple that will cleanly feed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13199]]></link><description><![CDATA[He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should fight terror, by all means, but not at the cost of cutting off any chance of talks with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29093]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should fight terror, by all means, but not at the cost of cutting off any chance of talks with the pragmatists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The protean nature of the computer is such that it can act like a machine or like a language to be shaped and exploited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're simply following through on that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37115]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're simply following through on that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[George W. Bush has not been there even though he is the governor of Texas. When Sen. Lieberman goes there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38161]]></link><description><![CDATA[George W. Bush has not been there even though he is the governor of Texas. When Sen. Lieberman goes there he will be there one more time than the governor of Texas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51626]]></link><description><![CDATA[No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a real slap in the face. I think they perceive Microsoft as part of Western hegemony somehow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41788]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a real slap in the face. I think they perceive Microsoft as part of Western hegemony somehow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32663]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's cool is he has dreadlocks. That makes piano OK in rock, if the piano player looks cool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32557]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's cool is he has dreadlocks. That makes piano OK in rock, if the piano player looks cool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit  Is feather'd oftentimes with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit  Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale,  And every tale condemns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51520]]></link><description><![CDATA[My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale,  And every tale condemns me for a villain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47566]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54278]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64951]]></link><description><![CDATA[All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim, Too mighty such monopoly of Fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim, Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64281]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All will come out in the washing. [Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8855]]></link><description><![CDATA[All will come out in the washing. [Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ther n' is no werkman whatever he be, That may both werken wel and hastily.  This wol be done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ther n' is no werkman whatever he be, That may both werken wel and hastily.  This wol be done at leisure parfitly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy Hunting LocustsA boy was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1513]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy Hunting LocustsA boy was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for a locust, reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing his sting, said: If you had but touched me, my friend, you would have lost me, and all your locusts too!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62253]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62253</guid></item></channel></rss>