<?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 on the flip side, they know us pretty well. There won't be any big secrets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31663]]></link><description><![CDATA[And on the flip side, they know us pretty well. There won't be any big secrets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31663</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[If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50994]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been caught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63435]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41119]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a long time since a visit to America stopped being an infallible formula for strengthening the reputation of European politicians. In the last decade, however, that contact with the American ally can result in at least as many headaches as it does advantages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is not the "will to win" . . . everybody has that. It is the will to prepare ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3793]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is not the "will to win" . . . everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a long time to become young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1876]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a long time to become young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. Itis not the conviction that something will turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. Itis not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certaintythat something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I consider how my light is spent  Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8154]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I consider how my light is spent  Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,  And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present  My true account, lest He returning chide,  "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies: "God doth not need  Either man's work, or His own gifts. Who best  Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best. His state Is kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed,  And post o'er land and ocean without rest;  They also serve who only stand and wait.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is saying 'I feel differently' instead of 'You're wrong.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is saying 'I feel differently' instead of 'You're wrong.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience of research; sober things, because they narrow hope; the deeper things of nature, from superstition; the light of experience, from arrogance and pride; things not commonly believed, out of deference to the opinion of the vulgar. Numberless in short are the ways, and sometimes imperceptible, in which the affections color and infect the understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is a strange and wonderful place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is a strange and wonderful place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4435]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the sprinkled isles, Lily on lily, that o'erlace the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23079]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the sprinkled isles, Lily on lily, that o'erlace the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is strength without a double share of wisdom? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57957]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is strength without a double share of wisdom?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10150]]></link><description><![CDATA[My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is out of my mind but forever in my heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25740]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is out of my mind but forever in my heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66773]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's such a complex little show. Watching the second season, the writing deepened, the performance deepened, our interactions deepened. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36263]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's such a complex little show. Watching the second season, the writing deepened, the performance deepened, our interactions deepened. It was fun to get another whack at it, and we all know what we're doing a little bit more this time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10058]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one autumnal face;  Young beauties force ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3556]]></link><description><![CDATA[No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one autumnal face;  Young beauties force our love, and that's a rape;   This doth but counsel, yet you cannot scape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is something I never dreamed I would experience. You see Katrina. You see Rita. But you never think it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42032]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is something I never dreamed I would experience. You see Katrina. You see Rita. But you never think it can happen it to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Propaganda must not serve the truth, especially insofar as it might bring out something favorable for the opponent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Propaganda must not serve the truth, especially insofar as it might bring out something favorable for the opponent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If music be the food of love, play on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66886]]></link><description><![CDATA[If music be the food of love, play on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rule of the road is a paradox quite, If you drive with a whip or a thong;  If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rule of the road is a paradox quite, If you drive with a whip or a thong;  If you go to the left you are sure to be right,   If you go to the right you are wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it "dull" that Jesse James once got bitten on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it "dull" that Jesse James once got bitten on the forehead by an ant, and at first it didn't seem like anything, but then the bite got worse and worse, so he went to a doctor in town, and the secretary told him to wait, so he sat down and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and then finally he got to see the doctor, and the doctor put some salve on it? You call that dull?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The puck hadn't been going in lately. I had to stick with it and stay positive. I'm glad I finally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37381]]></link><description><![CDATA[The puck hadn't been going in lately. I had to stick with it and stay positive. I'm glad I finally got one in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that labours and thrives spins gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're ready. We're going to make sure this is a home away from home. This is a natural thing for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33241]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're ready. We're going to make sure this is a home away from home. This is a natural thing for us to do as far as the mission of our university.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they are at Rome, they do there as they see done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54398]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they are at Rome, they do there as they see done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2093]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth... and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It?s interesting that astronomy can do this. And it?s great that there?s this ongoing interest in Ansel. We?re planning to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42179]]></link><description><![CDATA[It?s interesting that astronomy can do this. And it?s great that there?s this ongoing interest in Ansel. We?re planning to go out and see it for curiosity?s sake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who injures one man threatens many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51609]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who injures one man threatens many.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But a pig will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2641]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But a pig will look you straight in the eye and see his equal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money doesn't sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money doesn't sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen Danny much better, but he's such a dominating diver. Even when he's off, he's still the best around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34217]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen Danny much better, but he's such a dominating diver. Even when he's off, he's still the best around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows [elsewhere] the sun never sets. [Lat., Altera figlia  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47766]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows [elsewhere] the sun never sets. [Lat., Altera figlia  Di quel monarea a cui   Ne anco, quando annotta, il Sol tramonta.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11929]]></link><description><![CDATA[I drink to stay warm, and to kill selected memories...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was unanimous to authorize a strike if needed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40516]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was unanimous to authorize a strike if needed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40516</guid></item></channel></rss>