<?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[It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice; there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that in the next few hours, or thereabouts, we will get more concrete information about these hostages, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34273]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that in the next few hours, or thereabouts, we will get more concrete information about these hostages,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tap'ring pyramid, the Egyptian's pride, And wonder of the world, whose spiky top  Has wounded the thick cloud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43035]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tap'ring pyramid, the Egyptian's pride, And wonder of the world, whose spiky top  Has wounded the thick cloud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot wish for that we know not. [Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61793]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot wish for that we know not. [Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12419]]></link><description><![CDATA[If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1685]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22497]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are those who travel and those who are going somewhere. They are different and yet they are the same. The success has this over his rivals: He knows where he is going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better halfe a loafe than no bread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better halfe a loafe than no bread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're Crockett and Tubbs from 'Miami Vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30514]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're Crockett and Tubbs from 'Miami Vice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of the greater things in life are unseen; that's why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of the greater things in life are unseen; that's why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And on his brest a bloodie crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,  For whose sweete ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6140]]></link><description><![CDATA[And on his brest a bloodie crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord,  For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime,  And, departing, leave us behind  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime,  And, departing, leave us behind   Footprints on the sands of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; Bliss is the same in subject or in king. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; Bliss is the same in subject or in king.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42735]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are humanity in print. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are humanity in print.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60492]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back in February, when we projected $55 oil, oil prices were falling. We projected a weaker price over the summer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back in February, when we projected $55 oil, oil prices were falling. We projected a weaker price over the summer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The broad mass of a nation . . . will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The broad mass of a nation . . . will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4302]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5619]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25992]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12643]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22156]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear-- In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!  That weapon of her weakness she can wield,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear-- In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!  That weapon of her weakness she can wield,   To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24563]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60035]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our ancestral memories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with children is that they are not returnable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with children is that they are not returnable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What say you to a piece of beef and mustard? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13274]]></link><description><![CDATA[What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10913]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55121]]></link><description><![CDATA[A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;  And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head   Fell carelessly behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt, If one be better with them or without,--  Unless he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24772]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt, If one be better with them or without,--  Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed,   Knows the high art of what and how to read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sendeth cold after clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51918]]></link><description><![CDATA[God sendeth cold after clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays as compared with the past; the material goods that we now possess; the speed at which information, entertainment, and we ourselves move freely throughout the world - it seems to me that a person must be literally deaf and blind not to perceive that humanity is in a much better state than ever before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A radical thinks two and two makes five. A liberal is more conservative. he knows two and two make four, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24651]]></link><description><![CDATA[A radical thinks two and two makes five. A liberal is more conservative. he knows two and two make four, but he's unhappy about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money often costs too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money often costs too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51055]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets. The buck not only stops at their desks, it starts there too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power I exert on the court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9805]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:  But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts   Benighted walks under the mid-day sun;    Himself his own dungeon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closing years of life are like a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closing years of life are like a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to our calculation, 30 percent is the maximum increase (if the economy is) to achieve 8.0 percent inflation and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30901]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to our calculation, 30 percent is the maximum increase (if the economy is) to achieve 8.0 percent inflation and GDP (gross domestic product) growth of 5.4 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not where we want to be yet. We are working very hard, but there are still a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30566]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not where we want to be yet. We are working very hard, but there are still a lot of things that we need to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you a shovel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you a shovel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51005</guid></item></channel></rss>