<?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[Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the disease by delay has increased in strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Check the beginning of evil; the remedy is too late when the disease by delay has increased in strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship is seen through the heart not through the eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17002]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship is seen through the heart not through the eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be better if we were able to get a deal, but it had to be the right deal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34026]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be better if we were able to get a deal, but it had to be the right deal. It needs to be the right deal for Britain, and it needs to be the right deal for Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television? The word is half Latin and half Greek. No good can come of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making love is celestial, making war is terrifying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making love is celestial, making war is terrifying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to discompose their curls. Dandies.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to discompose their curls. Dandies.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61087]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3824]]></link><description><![CDATA[By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to give a political blank cheque to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57842]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to give a political blank cheque to Lord Salisbury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My only regret in the theatre is that I could never sit out front and watch me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/414]]></link><description><![CDATA[My only regret in the theatre is that I could never sit out front and watch me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll be really tight by the time we get down there to you guys. Everyone will have a really good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32554]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll be really tight by the time we get down there to you guys. Everyone will have a really good time. It's trite to say thanks to the fans, but we really mean it. We look forward to rocking everyone's socks off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16042]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had gotten complaints from subcontractors and vendors who were not getting paid in a timely manner. As the complaints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38059]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had gotten complaints from subcontractors and vendors who were not getting paid in a timely manner. As the complaints became more frequent, it was a sign the contractor was having some serious problems and would be unable to fulfill their obligations. That is when it reached the point to protect the commission's interest and take the steps necessary to get the project finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The appeal of the Big Bang has been more ideological than scientific. When men think about the universe, there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36276]]></link><description><![CDATA[The appeal of the Big Bang has been more ideological than scientific. When men think about the universe, there is always a conflict between the mythical approach and the empirical scientific approach. In myth, one tries to deduce how the gods must have created the world - what perfect principles must have been used.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53594]]></link><description><![CDATA[In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and exchange ideas that religious beliefs begin to be eroded. No one changes his beliefs without some instigation, some novel experience, some modification of the customary course of things, and in a closed society people believe what all their fellows obviously believe. Only when they are brought into contact with persons whom they respect holding different views do they begin to look at their inherited beliefs critically.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm incredibly happy. ... If you are persistent, you will succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41573]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm incredibly happy. ... If you are persistent, you will succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The resolved minde hath no cares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49906]]></link><description><![CDATA[The resolved minde hath no cares.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24214]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most thoroughly wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear if forced to flow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear if forced to flow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60873]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale's high note is heard;  It is the hour when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14250]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale's high note is heard;  It is the hour when lovers' vows   Seem sweet in every whispered word;    And gentle winds, and waters near,     Make music to the lonely ear.      Each flower the dews have lightly wet,       And in the sky the stars are met,        And on the wave is deeper blue,         And on the leaf a browner hue,          And in the heaven that clear obscure,           So softly dark, and darkly pure.            Which follows the decline of day,             As twilight melts beneath the moon away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22650]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harken to reason or shee will bee heard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Harken to reason or shee will bee heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37184]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are really just shuffling the problem around as opposed to dealing with the root cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42167]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are really just shuffling the problem around as opposed to dealing with the root cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief  In war and one the king. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief  In war and one the king.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20012]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and organization, we can say this: were there the slightest possibility that another rival or superior species might appear, on earth or elsewhere, man would use every means at his disposal to destroy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are like Slinkies - not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are like Slinkies - not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool's wild speech confounds the wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51076]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should eat to live, not live to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17593]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should eat to live, not live to eat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47033]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47415]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific substitute for civil war in which the opposing armies are counted and victory is awarded to the larger before any blood is shed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life. [Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16578]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life. [Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to individualize every single program for every guy in the system. That'll be the big positive. And of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38904]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to individualize every single program for every guy in the system. That'll be the big positive. And of course, the take-a-strike, we've modified that, that's no longer going to exist. Pitch counts will exist, but it's not one blanket program. If it needs to exist for a certain individual, it will. If it doesn't for another, it won't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9826]]></link><description><![CDATA[No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as happiness, only lesser shades of melancholy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26829]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as happiness, only lesser shades of melancholy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blind man can see his mouth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4333]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blind man can see his mouth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people bring something up, I'll remember it. But I'll remember more things like how I used to love our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34336]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people bring something up, I'll remember it. But I'll remember more things like how I used to love our pasta dinners we had as a team and other social events. I remember that we did well as a team. We were usually among the top three teams in the league, with Westford usually at the top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Momentum is building for smoke-free measures around the region. It's just a matter of time before there is statewide legislation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Momentum is building for smoke-free measures around the region. It's just a matter of time before there is statewide legislation to ban smoking in restaurants and bars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't getting anyone in front of her and she pretty much stops everything she sees and doesn't allow rebounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42631]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't getting anyone in front of her and she pretty much stops everything she sees and doesn't allow rebounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42631</guid></item></channel></rss>