<?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[When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65715]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41626]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were he now to do so, he would forfeit all credibility. If he now said 'Er, I'm not sure I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were he now to do so, he would forfeit all credibility. If he now said 'Er, I'm not sure I was right to do what I've done,' I think people would turn on him. He's set his hand to this particular plough, he's got to complete the furrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among mortals second thoughts are wisest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are in love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62919]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are in love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  They only renounce the world as they ought, who live in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  They only renounce the world as they ought, who live in the midst of it without worldly tempers, who comply with their share in the offices of human life without complying with the spirit that reigneth in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Agency has been behind us all the way and has explained everything whenever we have had doubts or questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Agency has been behind us all the way and has explained everything whenever we have had doubts or questions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks I got the sun in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Got no check books, got no banks. Still I'd like to express my thanks I got the sun in the mornin' -- and the moon at night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50771]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worldwide adoption rate of large-screen HDTV sets by consumers has increased significantly over the last year. There is now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42641]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worldwide adoption rate of large-screen HDTV sets by consumers has increased significantly over the last year. There is now an enormous opportunity for consumer electronics manufacturers and Hollywood studios to supply consumers with high- definition media players and movies. As a result, we anticipate strong movie title and media player introductions in 2006.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The achievements of Apollo were so bold and our subsequent efforts so timid that the energy of those years seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The achievements of Apollo were so bold and our subsequent efforts so timid that the energy of those years seems like a youthful dream,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providence is always on the side of the last reserve ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Providence is always on the side of the last reserve]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adams first law of survival: Get even first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adams first law of survival: Get even first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing you will ever be able to say in the so-called 'social' sciences is: "some do, some don't.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing you will ever be able to say in the so-called 'social' sciences is: "some do, some don't.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as the French we conquer'd once, Now give us laws for pantaloons,  The length of breeches and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15340]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as the French we conquer'd once, Now give us laws for pantaloons,  The length of breeches and the gathers   Port-cannons, periwigs, and feathers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60159]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you make the sacrifice in marriage, you're sacrificing not to each other but to unity in a relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47543]]></link><description><![CDATA[The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oil is good in some ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38893]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oil is good in some ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28766]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58655]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you think is wholesome, you may say "you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12997]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are invited to drink at any man's house more than you think is wholesome, you may say "you wish you could, but so little makes you both drunk and sick; that you should only be bad company by doing so."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe God has a plan. God has a direction for me. He may put me on a few detours, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe God has a plan. God has a direction for me. He may put me on a few detours, but the path with ultimately reveal itself. My job is to be a decent human being no matter how rocky the road gets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old men need applause too ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old men need applause too]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58961]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of No.12, do you? Anyway, as I keep telling everyone, you can't blame me for looking like this on purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to commit suicide you can use my razor; it's electric, but you can hang yourself with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27671]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to commit suicide you can use my razor; it's electric, but you can hang yourself with the cord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old muleskinners told how the mules were waiting at the shaft when they arrived each morning. They wanted relief from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old muleskinners told how the mules were waiting at the shaft when they arrived each morning. They wanted relief from the heat, deerflies and mosquitoes just like the men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are, while human miseries abound, A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,  Without one fool or flatterer at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61371]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are, while human miseries abound, A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,  Without one fool or flatterer at your board,   Without one hour of sickness or disgust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is my sword, goodness my armor, and humor my shield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is my sword, goodness my armor, and humor my shield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that happened by mistake. By mistake, I forgive her (the 15-year-old girl). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28933]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that happened by mistake. By mistake, I forgive her (the 15-year-old girl).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53076]]></link><description><![CDATA[What our eyes behold may well be the text of life but one's meditations on the text and the disclosures of these meditations are no less a part of the structure of reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47918]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science does not know its debt to imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science does not know its debt to imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24699]]></link><description><![CDATA[The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The game was closer than the score indicated.(after a 1-0 game) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The game was closer than the score indicated.(after a 1-0 game)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dewdrop slips into the shining sea! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Dewdrop slips into the shining sea!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every success is built on the ability to do better than good enough]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed;  Smiles by his cheerful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19623]]></link><description><![CDATA[At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed;  Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys   His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze;    While his lov'd partner, boastful of her hoard,     Displays her cleanly platter on the board.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark now, how a plain tale shall put you down. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mark now, how a plain tale shall put you down. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that fools always have the instinct to hunt out the unpleasant secrets of life, and the hardiness to mention them?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4739</guid></item></channel></rss>