<?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 law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55591]]></link><description><![CDATA[In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51611]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, that's the ticket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, that's the ticket.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was great music for a misunderstood teenager. And when I'm feeling misunderstood these days, I'll stick on a bit of Leonard Cohen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of the Americans went to Paris to study in the 1880s and absorbed the new style (impressionism) there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of the Americans went to Paris to study in the 1880s and absorbed the new style (impressionism) there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14757]]></link><description><![CDATA[After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am surprisingly often—why I bother to get up in the mornings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're a great group of guys. They have a real exciting show, fun, high-energy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39709]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're a great group of guys. They have a real exciting show, fun, high-energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The golden age is before us, not behind us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The golden age is before us, not behind us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942  Whence comes this idea that if what we are doing is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942  Whence comes this idea that if what we are doing is fun, it can't be God's will? The God who made giraffes, a baby's fingernails, a puppy's tail, a crooknecked squash, the bobwhite's call, and a young girl's giggle, has a sense of humor. Make no mistake about that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There, Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb The crowns o' the world. Oh, eyes sublime  With tears and laughter for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55309]]></link><description><![CDATA[There, Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb The crowns o' the world. Oh, eyes sublime  With tears and laughter for all time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forrester's company is getting business through Norcross's bank, so he's locked into the whole pay-to-play politics of this state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forrester's company is getting business through Norcross's bank, so he's locked into the whole pay-to-play politics of this state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If cats could talk, they wouldn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5326]]></link><description><![CDATA[If cats could talk, they wouldn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question why there is evil in existence is the same as why there is imperfection... But this is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52754]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question why there is evil in existence is the same as why there is imperfection... But this is the real question we ought to ask: Is this imperfection the final truth, is evil absolute and ultimate?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and check.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that studies his content, wants it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49400]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that studies his content, wants it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43007]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48660]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66428]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader does not deserve the name unless he is willing occasionally to stand alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bluntness is a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bluntness is a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For now the field is not far off Where we must give the world a proof  Of deeds, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11672]]></link><description><![CDATA[For now the field is not far off Where we must give the world a proof  Of deeds, not words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41592]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought - particularly for people who cannot remember where they left things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay busy and take care of your own business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay busy and take care of your own business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a few heroes, saints, and geniuses have been the captains of their souls for any extended period of their lives. Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort which it brings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia gives the world repose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia gives the world repose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best soldier does not attack. The superior fightersucceeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle.The most successful manager ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best soldier does not attack. The superior fightersucceeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle.The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligentnonaggressiveness. This is called the mastery of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like a hot bath. Once you get used to it, it's not so hot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unix is computer-scientology, not computer science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unix is computer-scientology, not computer science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In fair weather prepare for foul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66255]]></link><description><![CDATA[In fair weather prepare for foul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the first target of divine criticism]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity is the body and soul of wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity is the body and soul of wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're dealing with an exceedingly wealthy industry. If you hit them with a verdict of few million dollars, they could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42053]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're dealing with an exceedingly wealthy industry. If you hit them with a verdict of few million dollars, they could probably take that out of small change, ... The point of a punitive damage verdict is to punish the company for its wrongdoing. $3 billion (would) punish it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10642]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in the world today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been a big help to me so far. I just want to make sure to take what he tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32248]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been a big help to me so far. I just want to make sure to take what he tells me and bring it out on the court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37970]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High prices may not be enough of an incentive for risky developments in conventional oil, let alone oil shale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29515]]></link><description><![CDATA[High prices may not be enough of an incentive for risky developments in conventional oil, let alone oil shale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good is the mora that makes all sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good is the mora that makes all sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is just during the two week spring recess...[when Congress resumes] he's going to push for the bill and hope ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31773]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is just during the two week spring recess...[when Congress resumes] he's going to push for the bill and hope that the bill will come up for a vote, and then he'll be working toward that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mills and wives ever want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mills and wives ever want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and successful by examples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and successful by examples.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51170</guid></item></channel></rss>