<?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[Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember. - Aenid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember. - Aenid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22852]]></link><description><![CDATA[When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for a moment encourage their own sons to enter the work of the public schools cease to tell us that education is the greatest and noblest of all human callings?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12257]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't seen anything like this before. It's an odd way to run for the Republican nomination, based on Republican ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39630]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't seen anything like this before. It's an odd way to run for the Republican nomination, based on Republican bashing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. -Wilson Mizner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25194]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. -Wilson Mizner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not seeking 100 percent consensus -- the most important thing is that the people of Iraq accept (the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37414]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not seeking 100 percent consensus -- the most important thing is that the people of Iraq accept (the constitution) in a referendum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32666]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61021]]></link><description><![CDATA[I truly believe that before I retire from public office, I'll be voting for a woman for president.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29276]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the stations. I'll just be going from the field to the office more. I have to thank Tim (Bragg, who retired last week as assistant fire chief with 28 years at MFD). He prepared me well for the office end of this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Catholics before Vatican II, the land of the free was pre-eminently the land of Sister Says-except, of course, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5302]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Catholics before Vatican II, the land of the free was pre-eminently the land of Sister Says-except, of course, for Sister, for whom it was the land of Father Says.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The significance of that is that it allows us to bridge the gap between the rainy seasons. It gives us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28953]]></link><description><![CDATA[The significance of that is that it allows us to bridge the gap between the rainy seasons. It gives us six months' worth of supply, meeting at least up to 25 percent of the region's water demands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they brought her name up, I said I'm not going to talk about it. It hurts. It hurts so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28993]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they brought her name up, I said I'm not going to talk about it. It hurts. It hurts so much. I didn't put her photo in a frame where I could see it. I stored it all away. I kept them, and every once in a while I'd look through them for a few minutes and then put it away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rose-red city half as old as Time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8762]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rose-red city half as old as Time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On any given day, the market is taking its cue from forecasts and results. Juniper was negative, so that's spilling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34035]]></link><description><![CDATA[On any given day, the market is taking its cue from forecasts and results. Juniper was negative, so that's spilling through the Nasdaq. I think, overall, though, the trend through the rest of the year and into early next year will be more positive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't heard of anybody who want's to stop living on account of the cost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24877]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't heard of anybody who want's to stop living on account of the cost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ says that not alone in the Church is there forgiveness of sins, but that where two or three are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ says that not alone in the Church is there forgiveness of sins, but that where two or three are gathered together in His name they shall have the right to promise to each other comfort and the forgiveness of sins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you, if you will be served neately. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49043]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you, if you will be served neately.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion today is not transforming people; rather it is being transformed by the people. It is not raising the moral ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion today is not transforming people; rather it is being transformed by the people. It is not raising the moral level of society; it is descending to society's own level, and congratulating itself that it has scored a victory because society is smilingly accepting its surrender.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/589]]></link><description><![CDATA[If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20312]]></link><description><![CDATA[A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch, Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth,  Between two blades, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch, Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth,  Between two blades, which bears the better temper,   Between two horses, which doth bear him best,    Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye,     I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgment;      But in these nice sharp quillets of the law,       Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56020]]></link><description><![CDATA[O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me! -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And every dew-drop paints a bow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12198]]></link><description><![CDATA[And every dew-drop paints a bow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baloo, baloo, my wee, wee thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baloo, baloo, my wee, wee thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,  And the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26793]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,  And the imperial vot'ress passed on,   In maiden meditation, fancy-free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380   O abyss, O eternal Godhead, O sea profound, what more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Catherine of Siena, Mystic, Teacher, 1380   O abyss, O eternal Godhead, O sea profound, what more could you give me than yourself? You are the fire that burns without being consumed; you consume in your heat all the soul's self-love; you are the fire which takes away cold; with your light you illuminate me so that I may know all your truth. Clothe me, clothe me with yourself, eternal truth, so that I may run this mortal life with true obedience, and with the light of your most holy faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse is the pain of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse is the pain of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Jesus came! - and came for me.  Simple words! and yet expressing Depths of holy mystery,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6519]]></link><description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Jesus came! - and came for me.  Simple words! and yet expressing Depths of holy mystery,  Depths of wondrous love and blessing. Holy Spirit, make me see  All His coming means for me; Take the things of Christ, I pray,  Show them to my heart today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice is nothing but beaten air. [Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60923]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice is nothing but beaten air. [Lat., Vox nihil aliud quam ictus aer.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beggarly last doit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beggarly last doit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8721]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence of proof is not proof of absence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence of proof is not proof of absence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary  Continuing a short series on prayer:  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary  Continuing a short series on prayer:  The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night,  When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13297]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night,  When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,   And far away, o'er lawns and lakes,    Goes answering light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But come, I'll tell thee all my whole device When I am in my coach, which stays for us  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25412]]></link><description><![CDATA[But come, I'll tell thee all my whole device When I am in my coach, which stays for us  At the park gate; and therefore haste away,   For we must measure twenty miles to-day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16823]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53132]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens if you get scared half to death twice?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11426]]></link><description><![CDATA[What happens if you get scared half to death twice?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11426</guid></item></channel></rss>