<?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 bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3714]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always want to have more dancers in my company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29021]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always want to have more dancers in my company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50542]]></link><description><![CDATA[To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24226]]></link><description><![CDATA[it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- to prove you're client's guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have excellent shooters and had good rotation, but sometimes that just happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35498]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have excellent shooters and had good rotation, but sometimes that just happens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with  A pudency so rosy, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with  A pudency so rosy, the sweet view on't   Might well have warmed old Saturn--that I thought her    As chaste as unsunned snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long, long kiss, a kiss of youth, and love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23824]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long, long kiss, a kiss of youth, and love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is today, my dear, that I take a perilous leap. [Fr., C'est demain, me belle amie, que je fais ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24124]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is today, my dear, that I take a perilous leap. [Fr., C'est demain, me belle amie, que je fais le saut perilleux.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And will you succeed?Yes! You will indeed!(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47741]]></link><description><![CDATA[And will you succeed?Yes! You will indeed!(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of this was true. There were no flights. There were no children being rescued. There were no medical supplies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28786]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of this was true. There were no flights. There were no children being rescued. There were no medical supplies being flown. There was no 7-month-old baby who needed a transplant. In fact, he didn't even have a pilot's license,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50522]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3788]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternity is really long, especially near the end ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternity is really long, especially near the end]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  The kingdom of heaven is not come even when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  The kingdom of heaven is not come even when God's will is our law; it is fully come when God's will is our will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mistake is a Buddhist gift.Director Terry Gilliam to Robin Williams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/215]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mistake is a Buddhist gift.Director Terry Gilliam to Robin Williams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44725]]></link><description><![CDATA[When any one State in the American Union refuses obedience to the Confederation by which they have bound themselves, the rest have a natural right to compel them to obedience]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can afford to be a fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50241]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can afford to be a fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54393]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are at Rome live in the Roman style; if you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. [Lat., Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more;  Si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57710]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm gonna have to be killed before I lose, and I ain't going to die easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius,--  We'll deserve it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58122]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius,--  We'll deserve it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a function of how fast it is because a lot of guys can serve it 135-plus. The trajectory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29171]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a function of how fast it is because a lot of guys can serve it 135-plus. The trajectory is the main issue because you're lunging, but then it's up. You're sort of diving, but then you can't reach it, even if you dive perfectly and on cue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one do? According to men's habits and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18537]]></link><description><![CDATA[I perceive that the things that we do are silly; but what can one do? According to men's habits and dispositions, so one must yield to them. [Lat., Inepta haec esse, nos quae facimus sentio;  Verum quid facias? ut homo est, ita morem geras.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last of our enemies is laid low ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32002]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last of our enemies is laid low]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9307]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have a wrong sow by the ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58497]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have a wrong sow by the ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a precautionary measure, we have detained 20 protestors who were aggravating the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41366]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a precautionary measure, we have detained 20 protestors who were aggravating the situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knavery's now its own reward. [Lat., His nunc praemium est qui recta prava faciunt.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knavery's now its own reward. [Lat., His nunc praemium est qui recta prava faciunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50768]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew it was going to be tough. In most of the brackets, there were 3-4 kids with 30 wins. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36476]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew it was going to be tough. In most of the brackets, there were 3-4 kids with 30 wins. But overall, we weren't at our best today. Some kids just had an off day today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom lies in being bold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom lies in being bold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44155]]></link><description><![CDATA[People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A high hope for a low heaven. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55472]]></link><description><![CDATA[A high hope for a low heaven. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can think of maybe one and a half good chances we had tonight. I think that Kevin (Hartman) came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can think of maybe one and a half good chances we had tonight. I think that Kevin (Hartman) came up big to keep us in it. But it just wasn't good enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And she hath smiles to earth unknown-- Smiles that with motion of their own  Do spread, and sink, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56694]]></link><description><![CDATA[And she hath smiles to earth unknown-- Smiles that with motion of their own  Do spread, and sink, and rise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He ploughs in sand, and sows against the wind, That hopes for constant love of woman kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14920]]></link><description><![CDATA[He ploughs in sand, and sows against the wind, That hopes for constant love of woman kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/958]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54185]]></link><description><![CDATA[The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even turkeys can fly in a stiff wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even turkeys can fly in a stiff wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prophet of evil! never hadst thou yet A cheerful word for me. To mark the signs  Of coming mischief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prophet of evil! never hadst thou yet A cheerful word for me. To mark the signs  Of coming mischief is thy great delight,   Good dost thou ne'er foretell nor bring to pass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature abhors annihilation. [Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature abhors annihilation. [Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63464]]></link><description><![CDATA[A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54601]]></link><description><![CDATA[We humans do, when the cause is sufficient, spend our lives. We throw ourselves onto the grenade to save our buddies in the foxhole. We rise out of the trenches and charge the entreched enemy and die like maggots under a blowtorch. We strap bombs on our bodies and blow ourselves up in the midst of our enemies. We are, when the cause is sufficient, insane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54601</guid></item></channel></rss>