<?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[I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18128]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42830]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You heard about the Medicare actuary who was forced to fudge the numbers and lie to Congress to keep his job. You heard the falsified numbers in Iraq on everything from the cost of the war to the number of trained Iraqi troops to a slam dunk case for weapons of mass destruction. You heard about the administration sponsored fake newscasts to mislead people all across America.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think if you're going to operate a motorcycle, two wheel vehicle or three wheel vehicle you out to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35546]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think if you're going to operate a motorcycle, two wheel vehicle or three wheel vehicle you out to be insured just like I'm insured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2723]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a dress  Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less,   And jewelry worth tem times more, I should guess,    That he had not a thing in the wide world to wear!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a surplice peg, We have learned to bottle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3191]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a surplice peg, We have learned to bottle our parent twain in the yelk of an addled egg.  We know that the tail must wag the dog, for the horse is drawn by the cart,   But the devil never whoops, as he of old; It's clever, but is it art?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's another way, perhaps, of an art poverty; one has to impoverish one's mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30984]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's another way, perhaps, of an art poverty; one has to impoverish one's mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41089]]></link><description><![CDATA[He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5750]]></link><description><![CDATA[With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work ;we are in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23927]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem is not with people or churches that are politically active. It is with a party that has gone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem is not with people or churches that are politically active. It is with a party that has gone so far in adopting a sectarian agenda that it has become the political extension of a religious movement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27215]]></link><description><![CDATA[You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew they were going to come and had made elaborate arrangements for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41365]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew they were going to come and had made elaborate arrangements for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So from that standpoint, it didn't seem weird to me at all. I think it's interesting and obviously audiences do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29445]]></link><description><![CDATA[So from that standpoint, it didn't seem weird to me at all. I think it's interesting and obviously audiences do, too ... I think there is a sort of emptiness in our look at life in general lately, and think this is a way to explore that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, the Shamrock, the green, immortal Shamrock! Chosen leaf  OF Bard and Chief,   Old Erin's native Shamrock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56152]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, the Shamrock, the green, immortal Shamrock! Chosen leaf  OF Bard and Chief,   Old Erin's native Shamrock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36327]]></link><description><![CDATA[The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists that can bring up as much as 19 tons,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom begins at the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom begins at the end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46477]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10260]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, there is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be happy with a man you have to understand him a lot and love him less , but...to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2227]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be happy with a man you have to understand him a lot and love him less , but...to be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and never ever try to understand her !.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30720]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History will be kind to me for I intend to write it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19303]]></link><description><![CDATA[History will be kind to me for I intend to write it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know then, whatever cheerful and serene Supports the mind, supports the body too:  Hence, the most vital movement mortals ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know then, whatever cheerful and serene Supports the mind, supports the body too:  Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel   Is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, tarry a moment, my charming girl; Here is a jewel of gold and pearl;  A beautiful cross it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, tarry a moment, my charming girl; Here is a jewel of gold and pearl;  A beautiful cross it is I ween   As ever on beauty's breast was seen;    There's nothing at all but love to pay;     Take it and wear it, but only stay!      Ah! Sir Hunter, what excellent taste!       I'm not--in such--particular--haste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little while and I will be gone from among you, when I cannottell. From no where we came, into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15228]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little while and I will be gone from among you, when I cannottell. From no where we came, into nowhere we go. What is life? Itis a flash of a firefly in the night. It is a breath of a buffalo inthe winter time. It is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested in water]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60862]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom Welter (the OSAA executive director) told me they were getting a hearings officer ready to go (today) if an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom Welter (the OSAA executive director) told me they were getting a hearings officer ready to go (today) if an appeal is filed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every reform needs examples more than advocates ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every reform needs examples more than advocates]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No time to break jests when the heartstrings are about to be broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23227]]></link><description><![CDATA[No time to break jests when the heartstrings are about to be broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are going well and we want to continue like that. We have shown, at home or away, we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37405]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are going well and we want to continue like that. We have shown, at home or away, we have got a lot of fighting spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who angers you conquers you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1027]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who angers you conquers you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16049]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although there was a point with the Tijuana Brass where we were playing for such huge crowds that I kind of lost contact. At one point, the only connection I had with the audience was with people out there lighting cigarettes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They met on the streets of Seattle. The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29389]]></link><description><![CDATA[They met on the streets of Seattle. The reason they chose the name The Coats, there were a lot of rainy nights on the streets, so they got overcoats and wore them. They are young. Very refreshing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge and human power are synonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge and human power are synonymous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48243]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was not a women likely to settle for equality when sex gave her an advantage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27176]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was not a women likely to settle for equality when sex gave her an advantage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65924]]></link><description><![CDATA[If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46899]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He went for the shoot and the guy responded with the same thing, but the referee didn't stop the fight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32266]]></link><description><![CDATA[He went for the shoot and the guy responded with the same thing, but the referee didn't stop the fight because Cliff was still active and defending himself and was well aware of everything despite the brutal punishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;  And the sad truth, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;  And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,   Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48753</guid></item></channel></rss>