<?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[A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65942]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're still early in the game. I think what we saw was a rally that we've seen before over the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28651]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're still early in the game. I think what we saw was a rally that we've seen before over the last few years. We've had big one-day rallies that didn't really show any sustainability -- so my hope is that the market will hold here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10720]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I've become numb to that over the last 15 years, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37641]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I've become numb to that over the last 15 years,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have a place for everything and keep the thing somewhere else; this is not advice, it is merely custom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19023]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your head tells you one thing, and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may have been Jay Davis' best game here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31877]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may have been Jay Davis' best game here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're playing around eight or nine guys per game. We have no big numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35272]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're playing around eight or nine guys per game. We have no big numbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wrestled a very solid match. We're pleased with our progress and we have two weeks of practice to sharpen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38928]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wrestled a very solid match. We're pleased with our progress and we have two weeks of practice to sharpen up before the VOL Tournament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence was about to be pronounced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23602]]></link><description><![CDATA[He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence was about to be pronounced pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19946]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne, Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59479]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne, Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see things; and you say, "Why"; But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52761]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see things; and you say, "Why"; But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . . . they give thanks for the gift and reflect the love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43323]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63720]]></link><description><![CDATA[A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are hoping this is real wake-up call so people can start getting ready for the colder weather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37324]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are hoping this is real wake-up call so people can start getting ready for the colder weather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the standing jokes of Congress is that the new Congressman always spends the first week wondering how he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9758]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the standing jokes of Congress is that the new Congressman always spends the first week wondering how he got there and the rest of the time wondering how the other members got there]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64440]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neutral men are the devil's allies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neutral men are the devil's allies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware in your prayer, above everything, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware in your prayer, above everything, of limiting God, not only by unbelief, but by fancying that you know what He can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the cleare we should see through it. -Jean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the cleare we should see through it. -Jean Paul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who hesitates is probably right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21438]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who hesitates is probably right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was basically going to need more time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34461]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was basically going to need more time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm structuring a program that's going to be individualized based on 'X' pitcher. We're going to create an inning threshold, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm structuring a program that's going to be individualized based on 'X' pitcher. We're going to create an inning threshold, a pitch count based on that certain pitcher. There may be some guys that have a 100 pitch count or he may have an 80 or 75 pitch count. It all depends on the person's strength, arm action and mechanics. All of that will play a role in our decision making.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66340]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46729]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13500]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63577]]></link><description><![CDATA[A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never had the dollars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31220]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never had the dollars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to their house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to their house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big energy lobbyists may be cheering the bill's enactment, but ordinary Americans had better hold fast to their wallets. As ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big energy lobbyists may be cheering the bill's enactment, but ordinary Americans had better hold fast to their wallets. As gasoline prices careen out of control, the bill keeps America speeding down the wrong road toward more oil consumption, more drilling, and more pollution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Draw your salary before spending it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Draw your salary before spending it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events, by history, by description. Persons influence us, voices melt us, looks subdue us, deeds inflame us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a real shock, and I felt bad for his wife and family. I've known his wife since we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30367]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a real shock, and I felt bad for his wife and family. I've known his wife since we were babies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear  In cadence sweet; now dying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4105]]></link><description><![CDATA[How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear  In cadence sweet; now dying all away,   Now pealing loud again, and louder still,    Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on!     With easy force it opens all the cells      Where Memory slept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cares deny all rest to weary limbs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cares deny all rest to weary limbs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what\'s right . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63960]]></link><description><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what\'s right .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stretch pant is a big and well-known segment for us. We chose the song because we wanted to create ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34623]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stretch pant is a big and well-known segment for us. We chose the song because we wanted to create an upbeat, energetic and fun mood for the spring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mariana in the moated grange. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mariana in the moated grange.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1774]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aristocracy is always cruel ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aristocracy is always cruel]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On an ongoing basis, manufacturers are raising prices because they can. It enhances profitability, largely because there are few incremental ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32928]]></link><description><![CDATA[On an ongoing basis, manufacturers are raising prices because they can. It enhances profitability, largely because there are few incremental costs, and consumers' response to a higher price is relatively modest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You want fame? ... Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. With sweat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33324]]></link><description><![CDATA[You want fame? ... Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. With sweat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33324</guid></item></channel></rss>