<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names,  Telling their strange and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26700]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names,  Telling their strange and vigorous faculties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10746]]></link><description><![CDATA[They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greensleeves was all my joy, Greensleeves was my delight,  Greensleeves was my heart of gold,   And who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greensleeves was all my joy, Greensleeves was my delight,  Greensleeves was my heart of gold,   And who but Lady Greensleeves?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take that life, beseech you, Which I so often owe; but your ring first,  And here the bracelet of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take that life, beseech you, Which I so often owe; but your ring first,  And here the bracelet of the truest princess   That ever swore her faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/707]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But me no buts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48965]]></link><description><![CDATA[But me no buts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was so awesome. The work that we've put in during the season and out of season was great. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36499]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was so awesome. The work that we've put in during the season and out of season was great. When it comes to a climax like that, it makes it all worthwhile. You reflect back to when they weren't in shape and not doing the little things. When you see it all come together at the state meet, it is very rewarding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, easy is the descent to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh you who are born of the blood of the gods, Trojan son of Anchises, easy is the descent to hell; the door of dark Dis stands open day and night. But to retrace your steps and come out to the air above, that is work, that is labor!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66269]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I handle fame by not being famous...I'm not famous to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30323]]></link><description><![CDATA[I handle fame by not being famous...I'm not famous to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You play the spaniel, And think with wagging of your tongue to win me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59488]]></link><description><![CDATA[You play the spaniel, And think with wagging of your tongue to win me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44181]]></link><description><![CDATA[In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't hold back because the student movement will continue and there could be some risks. There should be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35686]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't hold back because the student movement will continue and there could be some risks. There should be a strike next week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my fans think I can do everything I say I can do, then they're crazier than I am. After ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57707]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my fans think I can do everything I say I can do, then they're crazier than I am. After one of his fight predictions turned out to be wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51002]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not improbable that a man may receive more solid satisfaction from pudding while he is alive than from praise after he is dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real important part of returns isn't taking a number off a W-2 form and putting it in Box No. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real important part of returns isn't taking a number off a W-2 form and putting it in Box No. 1, ... The real value is what's retained within the CPA firm -- the tax planning and the review.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's back, and find them both ingenious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is bestÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â donations can be sent to the church office for funneling to and through Presbyterian Disaster ReliefÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is bestÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â donations can be sent to the church office for funneling to and through Presbyterian Disaster ReliefÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â which has issued a $10 million appeal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my household, we've already begun energy conservation. In 2006, residential customers as well as commercial and industrial customers, will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32642]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my household, we've already begun energy conservation. In 2006, residential customers as well as commercial and industrial customers, will have to take new measures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands  With the fruitful grain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14924]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands  With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42276]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15083]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In yonder pensile orb, and every sphere That gems the starry girdle of the year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57826]]></link><description><![CDATA[In yonder pensile orb, and every sphere That gems the starry girdle of the year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,  Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,  Be there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,  Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,  Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,  Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.  Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,  Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,  Be there at our labors, and give us, we pray,  Your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day.  Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,  Your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,  Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray,  Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.  Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,  Whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,  Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,  Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63932]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one sort of love, but there are a thousand copies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25656]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one sort of love, but there are a thousand copies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born;  Relive my languish, and restore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born;  Relive my languish, and restore the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread,  And range an Indian waste ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59998]]></link><description><![CDATA[We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread,  And range an Indian waste without a tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For everything seemed resting on his nod, As they could read in all eyes. Now to them,  Who were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45999]]></link><description><![CDATA[For everything seemed resting on his nod, As they could read in all eyes. Now to them,  Who were accustomed, as a sort of god,   To see the sultan, rich in many a gem,    Like an imperial peacock stalk abroad     (That royal bird, whose tail's a diadem,)      With all the pomp of power, it was a doubt       How power could condescend to do without.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A meeting between two people who complete each other, who are made for each other, borders already, in my opinion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2233]]></link><description><![CDATA[A meeting between two people who complete each other, who are made for each other, borders already, in my opinion, on a miracle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/293]]></link><description><![CDATA[To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grief. The pain now is part of the happiness then. That's the deal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61776]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5556]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions. -Jessamyn West.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise be to Nero's Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn  And everybody's shouting   "Which Side Are You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise be to Nero's Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn  And everybody's shouting   "Which Side Are You On?"    And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot     Fighting in the captain's tower      While calypso singers laugh at them       And fishermen hold flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61902]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we realize one Dream, sometimes a deeper Dream reveals itself. Atother times a parallel Dream appears. The one that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21468]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we realize one Dream, sometimes a deeper Dream reveals itself. Atother times a parallel Dream appears. The one that scares the hell out ofyou is probably it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again.  'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8645]]></link><description><![CDATA[England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again.  'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale;   'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale;    A Christmas gambol oft could cheer     The poor man's heart through half the year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eye Forever doth accompany mankind,  Hath look'd on no religion scornfully  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children of men! the unseen Power, whose eye Forever doth accompany mankind,  Hath look'd on no religion scornfully   That men did ever find.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47988]]></link><description><![CDATA[To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47988</guid></item></channel></rss>