<?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[There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2637]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He Just Can't Quit Her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35338]]></link><description><![CDATA[He Just Can't Quit Her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep  Moans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep  Moans round with many voices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blockhead, bit by fleas, put out the light, And chuckling cried, "Now you can't see to bite." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16208]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blockhead, bit by fleas, put out the light, And chuckling cried, "Now you can't see to bite."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unconscious humor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unconscious humor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11224]]></link><description><![CDATA[How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49076]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sleepy master makes his servant a Lowt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10212]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dating to just over four million years ago, the fossils represent unambiguous evidence for human evolution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dating to just over four million years ago, the fossils represent unambiguous evidence for human evolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage eagles produce a peaceful dove. [Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;  Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum   Virtus; nee imbellem feroces    Progenerant aquilae columbam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, no, I'm sure, My restless spirit never could endure  To brood so long upon one luxury,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20615]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, no, I'm sure, My restless spirit never could endure  To brood so long upon one luxury,   Unless it did, though fearfully, espy    A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy and persistence alter all things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energy and persistence alter all things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an excellent deal for us because Pedro gives us more options in midfield and brings with him experience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35076]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an excellent deal for us because Pedro gives us more options in midfield and brings with him experience in European competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. We own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. We own this shit. Basketball, baseball, football, golf, tennis, and as soon as they make a heated hockey rink we'll take that shit too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought, `This is a good idea. I'll get to live in the tropics and when the dust all settles, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30940]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought, `This is a good idea. I'll get to live in the tropics and when the dust all settles, I'll have a couple million dollars.' That's not even a good month for me anymore. Bodog has killed my expectations, turning into more than I ever even contemplated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you tired of sand being kicked in your face? I promise you new muscles in days! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are you tired of sand being kicked in your face? I promise you new muscles in days!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seriously looking at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30775]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seriously looking at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. -As You Like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55688]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never thought that you could obtain the extremely clumpy, heterogeneous universe we have today, strongly affected by plasma ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36278]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never thought that you could obtain the extremely clumpy, heterogeneous universe we have today, strongly affected by plasma processes, from the smooth, homogeneous one of the Big Bang, dominated by gravitation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very dangerous. The timing is extremely important. He's sensing that there's a failed state in Sudan and he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28236]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very dangerous. The timing is extremely important. He's sensing that there's a failed state in Sudan and he would like to extend his bases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is only good for one thing- they will cash your check in a small town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is only good for one thing- they will cash your check in a small town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving procures us admission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can accept losing, you can't win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11786]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can accept losing, you can't win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that everything you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11413]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that everything you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer for it. But in my heart, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ad astra [To the stars] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ad astra [To the stars]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As so I penned It down, until at last it came to be,  For length and breadth, the bigness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3515]]></link><description><![CDATA[As so I penned It down, until at last it came to be,  For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54351]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How long after you are gone will ripples remain as evidence that you were cast into the pool of life?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11344]]></link><description><![CDATA[How long after you are gone will ripples remain as evidence that you were cast into the pool of life?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That reverend vice, that grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55868]]></link><description><![CDATA[That reverend vice, that grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you were out in the middle of Nebraska, without the sixth-largest shopping center in the country at your doorstep, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36385]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you were out in the middle of Nebraska, without the sixth-largest shopping center in the country at your doorstep, you would be an incredibly attractive retail market to any tenant in the country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35547]]></link><description><![CDATA[People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie can run around the world before the truth can get it's boots on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24805]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie can run around the world before the truth can get it's boots on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what is right ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48138]]></link><description><![CDATA[A president's hardest task is not to do what is right but to know what is right]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak low if you speak love. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak low if you speak love. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought to consider the end in everything. [Fr., En toute chose il faut considerer la fin.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13784]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought to consider the end in everything. [Fr., En toute chose il faut considerer la fin.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd?  No; the dead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd?  No; the dead know it not, nor profit gain;   It only serves to prove the living vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/997]]></link><description><![CDATA[The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  I have often, on my knees, been shocked to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  I have often, on my knees, been shocked to find what sort of thoughts I have, for a moment, been addressing to God; what infantile placations I was really offering, what claims I have really made, even what absurd adjustments or compromises I was, half-consciously, proposing. There is a Pagan, savage heart in me somewhere. For unfortunately the folly and idiot-cunning of Paganism seem to have far more power of surviving than its innocent or even beautiful elements. It is easy, once you have power, to silence the pipes, still the dances, disfigure the statues, and forget the stories; but not easy to kill the savage, the greedy, frightened creature now cringing, now blustering in one's soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sounding jargon of the schools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58738]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sounding jargon of the schools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That name descending with all time, spreading over the whole earth, and uttered in all the languages belonging to all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61255]]></link><description><![CDATA[That name descending with all time, spreading over the whole earth, and uttered in all the languages belonging to all tribes and races of men, will forever be pronounced with affectionate gratitude by everyone in whose breast there shall arise an aspiration for human rights and liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61255</guid></item></channel></rss>