<?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[Unless the president can stop the political rhetoric on both sides, we will not get to conference committee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless the president can stop the political rhetoric on both sides, we will not get to conference committee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thought is often the best.   - Bishop Joseph Butler, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thought is often the best.   - Bishop Joseph Butler,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9991]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is right to be contented with what we have, but never with what we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50543]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52299]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail,  When ladies dare to hear? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51086]]></link><description><![CDATA[But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail,  When ladies dare to hear?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As much as I'm not a huge fan of the band Kiss, I totally appreciate what they did in creating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32470]]></link><description><![CDATA[As much as I'm not a huge fan of the band Kiss, I totally appreciate what they did in creating a show. They wrote these simple, pretty crappy rock songs, but they created this huge image and this huge show. It was like this iconic thing, and I think that's really cool. I think that's something that we've always really appreciated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He made an instrument to know If the moon shine at full or no;  That would, as soon as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43065]]></link><description><![CDATA[He made an instrument to know If the moon shine at full or no;  That would, as soon as e'er she shone straight,   Whether 'twere day or night demonstrate;    Tell what her d'ameter to an inch is,     And prove that she's not made of green cheese.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rapid poverty reduction requires not only high rates of economic growth but also that the benefits of this growth be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rapid poverty reduction requires not only high rates of economic growth but also that the benefits of this growth be distributed more equitably.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The news of the open military help to Franco from Hitler and Mussolini, and the heroic resistance of the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The news of the open military help to Franco from Hitler and Mussolini, and the heroic resistance of the people of Madrid, Barcelona and the big cities fired a widespread wish to help the Republic and its people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that our faith provides ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5451]]></link><description><![CDATA[In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that our faith provides]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is passion tamed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is passion tamed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From small beginnings come great things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3942]]></link><description><![CDATA[From small beginnings come great things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35331]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631 He was the Word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it; And what that Word did make it I do believe, and take it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come from a tradition of screenwriting -- with a co-writer -- where everything is challenged, where you have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36931]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come from a tradition of screenwriting -- with a co-writer -- where everything is challenged, where you have to defend every idea, ... I am a robber of ideas, but for there to be ideas, you have to have discussion. If everyone takes my word for the truth, you can't do that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truly fearless think of themselves as normal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truly fearless think of themselves as normal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is listening until you make a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28030]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is listening until you make a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59737]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eye will have his part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49841]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eye will have his part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19696]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard cases make bad law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard cases make bad law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2214]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50372]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49371]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Currently there are no agreed-upon definitions. It won't end up apples to apples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Currently there are no agreed-upon definitions. It won't end up apples to apples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better buy than borrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better buy than borrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."Latin: "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est."Latin: "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Letters to Lucilius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was very afraid. We closed the offices for months. The mullahs went back to their homes. We didn't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28258]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was very afraid. We closed the offices for months. The mullahs went back to their homes. We didn't know whether we would find another leader for the council.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is far more opportunity than there is ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45090]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is far more opportunity than there is ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the earliest drawings of the fractal curve, few clues to the underlying mathematical structure will be seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3956]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the earliest drawings of the fractal curve, few clues to the underlying mathematical structure will be seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our deepest insight into the nature of God is expressed with a family analogy. He is both Father and Son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our deepest insight into the nature of God is expressed with a family analogy. He is both Father and Son bound together in one Spirit. We are created to be brothers under God, the Father. The human family is our best illustration of how each person grows in his unique potentialities by sharing in the loving care of a society of other persons. Yet each member of the family discovers what it is to give of himself for the sake of the others. The human family is only an analogy both for our thought about God and about society; but no Christian thought gets very far away from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was known as the chief grave robber of my state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47082]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What information consumes is rather obvious: It consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52141]]></link><description><![CDATA[What information consumes is rather obvious: It consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every game we had was important to stay in the hunt. We knew how important the games were. It wasn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every game we had was important to stay in the hunt. We knew how important the games were. It wasn't until about the last game that we could relax a little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or something better of the same sort, must form a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing.  Few lend (but fools)   Their working tools.   - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who goeth a borrowing Goeth a sorrowing.  Few lend (but fools)   Their working tools.   - Thomas Tusser,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody who owns the stock for a long-term investment is going to sell over a $60 million miss ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody who owns the stock for a long-term investment is going to sell over a $60 million miss]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It saves nuisance. More companies will probably have an appetite for instruments that otherwise would have triggered bifurcation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41700]]></link><description><![CDATA[It saves nuisance. More companies will probably have an appetite for instruments that otherwise would have triggered bifurcation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failing yet gracious, Slow pacing, soon homing,  A patriarch that strolls   Through the tents of his children, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failing yet gracious, Slow pacing, soon homing,  A patriarch that strolls   Through the tents of his children,    The sun as he journeys     His round on the lower      Ascents of the blue,       Washes the roofs        And the hillsides with clarity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love' has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love' has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60652]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and by definite resolution to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every human mind is a great slumbering power until awakened by a keen desire and by definite resolution to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to get behind any more. If we can possibly play, we'll play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33794]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to get behind any more. If we can possibly play, we'll play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few minds wear out; more rust out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few minds wear out; more rust out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27051</guid></item></channel></rss>