<?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[So still we glide down to the sea Of fathomless eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51100]]></link><description><![CDATA[So still we glide down to the sea Of fathomless eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15072]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream after dream ensues; And still they dream that they shall still succeed;  And still are disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream after dream ensues; And still they dream that they shall still succeed;  And still are disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13216]]></link><description><![CDATA[In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/437]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66917]]></link><description><![CDATA['I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reagan is more powerful today than when he was president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reagan is more powerful today than when he was president.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing BellSouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can confirm that four people are dead, our team has seen their bodies, but there could be many more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34833]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can confirm that four people are dead, our team has seen their bodies, but there could be many more dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's something in a flying horse, There's something in a huge balloon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61991]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's something in a flying horse, There's something in a huge balloon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46573]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the characters of cruelty, I consider the most despicable the one that cloaks himself in a garb of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the characters of cruelty, I consider the most despicable the one that cloaks himself in a garb of mercy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26415]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shepherd and the WolfA shepherd once found the whelp of a Wolf and brought it up, and after a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Shepherd and the WolfA shepherd once found the whelp of a Wolf and brought it up, and after a while taught it to steal lambs from the neighboring flocks. The Wolf, having shown himself an apt pupil, said to the Shepherd, Since you have taught me to steal, you must keep a sharp lookout, or you will lose some of your own flock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19646]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a very nice wide receiver to have in our program, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40420]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a very nice wide receiver to have in our program,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain,Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slain:Then, Prince! You should have fear'd, what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25390]]></link><description><![CDATA[At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain,Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slain:Then, Prince! You should have fear'd, what now you feel;Achilles absent was Achilles still:Yet a short space the great avenger stayed,Then low in dust thy strength and glory laid. - Iliad, The.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only hope that I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I have wronged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36850]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only hope that I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I have wronged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The president's $1.6 trillion plan should be a floor, not a ceiling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The president's $1.6 trillion plan should be a floor, not a ceiling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will also spend 10 days with the All Whites when they come in for the Malaysian matches. We will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38429]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will also spend 10 days with the All Whites when they come in for the Malaysian matches. We will also look at players in Australia when the state leagues start next month. There are other players in Europe we have targeted. We are also keen to have a look in Asia.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20443]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right.  If a wish wander ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right.  If a wish wander that way, call it home;   He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Mountains Are Gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31150]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Mountains Are Gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47570]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were all ready to play. Hopefully we'll schedule it for next week sometime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35232]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were all ready to play. Hopefully we'll schedule it for next week sometime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of tears, and a declaration that nothing was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14623]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of tears, and a declaration that nothing was now left but a jail; and go to bed making a calculation of the expense of putting bow-windows to the house, "in case anything turned up," which was his favorite expression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5618]]></link><description><![CDATA[He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No other success can compensate for failure in the home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60232]]></link><description><![CDATA[No other success can compensate for failure in the home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's why we brought LaMont Jordan here, to run the ball. When they were focusing on the run, they weren't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32170]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's why we brought LaMont Jordan here, to run the ball. When they were focusing on the run, they weren't focusing on me and I could get open. That's how it's supposed to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66563]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societiesï¿½ utopian imagesï¿½ can cause monstrous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societiesï¿½ utopian imagesï¿½ can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its many waters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes people to run a city. And they are expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42114]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes people to run a city. And they are expensive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With renunciation life begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53289]]></link><description><![CDATA[With renunciation life begins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11311]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, lay thy head upon my breast, And I will kiss thee into rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, lay thy head upon my breast, And I will kiss thee into rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942  It has been well said that no man ever sank under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942  It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourselves so, my friends. If you find yourselves so loaded, at least remember this: it is your own doing, not God's. He begs you to leave the future to Him and mind the present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8256</guid></item></channel></rss>