<?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[My first co-writer was Andrew Jackson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30194]]></link><description><![CDATA[My first co-writer was Andrew Jackson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who borrows sells his freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4751]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who borrows sells his freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very, very worried because if the province or the [federal government] or even if the municipality could give them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33913]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very, very worried because if the province or the [federal government] or even if the municipality could give them a tax cut then what's fair for one is fair for all. They'd want it here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And oft the pangs of absence to remove By letters, soft interpreters of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47828]]></link><description><![CDATA[And oft the pangs of absence to remove By letters, soft interpreters of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitches down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30461]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitches down for the most part, and he got away with mistakes when they were up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt he deserved the opportunity to start a game. He hasn't started one all year. We were going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32141]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt he deserved the opportunity to start a game. He hasn't started one all year. We were going to use a lot of guys anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The honied tongue hath its poison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51636]]></link><description><![CDATA[The honied tongue hath its poison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is wont to hide herself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is wont to hide herself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think in generalities, but we live in detail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65913]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think in generalities, but we live in detail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shallows where a lamb could wade and depths where an elephant would drown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35707]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of opening the mind as of opening the mouth is to close it again on something solid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of opening the mind as of opening the mouth is to close it again on something solid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's many an artist that comes to Nashville in hopes of doing the same thing I'm doing right now, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37319]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's many an artist that comes to Nashville in hopes of doing the same thing I'm doing right now,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27149]]></link><description><![CDATA[The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31807]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on my leg and collapsed. I just could not get up to speed. It was too late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could see how this could deal a major crushing blow to the building industry and to the green industry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35014]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could see how this could deal a major crushing blow to the building industry and to the green industry in particular.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frustration is the first step towards improvement. I have no incentive to improve if I’m content with what I can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frustration is the first step towards improvement. I have no incentive to improve if I’m content with what I can do and if I’m completely satisfied with my pace, distance and form as a runner. It’s only when I face frustration and use it to fuel my dedication that I feel myself moving forwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny. [Lat., Pars beneficii est, quod petitur, si cito neges.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23765]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny. [Lat., Pars beneficii est, quod petitur, si cito neges.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14046]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the infrastructure that has decayed, deteriorated and been obliterated has to be rebuilt. The situation that created the great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38479]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the infrastructure that has decayed, deteriorated and been obliterated has to be rebuilt. The situation that created the great players was unfettered access to courts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say we are Almost as like as eggs. -The Winter's Tale. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55772]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say we are Almost as like as eggs. -The Winter's Tale. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finally, by ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finally, by ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That byrd ys nat honest That fylythe hys owne nest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4249]]></link><description><![CDATA[That byrd ys nat honest That fylythe hys owne nest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is born sincere and die deceivers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a big surprise. I jumped on my assistant coach who scouted (Ball State), 'Tell me about this guy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32301]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a big surprise. I jumped on my assistant coach who scouted (Ball State), 'Tell me about this guy. Who's he?' Everybody has their day in the sun, and he had his today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought never to do wrong when people are looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62456]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought never to do wrong when people are looking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are in fact four very different stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52241]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are in fact four very different stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to wisdom, namely, the example of weak and unworthy authority, longstanding custom, the feeling of the ignorant crowd, and the hiding of our own ignorance while making a display of our apparent knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I saw fair Chloris walk alone, The feather'd snow came softly down,  As Jove, descending from his tow'r ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56709]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I saw fair Chloris walk alone, The feather'd snow came softly down,  As Jove, descending from his tow'r   To court her in a silver show'r.    The wanton snow flew to her breast,     As little birds into their nest;      But o'ercome with whiteness there,       For grief dissolv'd into a tear.        Thence falling on her garment hem,         To deck her, froze into a gem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The internal qualities once said to embody manhood- sure footedness, inner strength, confidence of purpose- are merchandised to men to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The internal qualities once said to embody manhood- sure footedness, inner strength, confidence of purpose- are merchandised to men to enhance their manliness. What passes for masculinity is being extracted and sold back to men. Literally in the case of Viagra.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country. In her intercourse with foreign nations may she always be in the right; but our country right or wrong!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California sunlight - sweet Calcutta rain - Honolulu starbright - the song remains the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57204]]></link><description><![CDATA[California sunlight - sweet Calcutta rain - Honolulu starbright - the song remains the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell, . . . .  And boldly venture to whatever place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who would not, finding way, break loose from hell, . . . .  And boldly venture to whatever place   Farthest from pain?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stupidity is the devil. Look in the eye of a chicken and you'll know. It's the most horrifying, cannibalistic, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stupidity is the devil. Look in the eye of a chicken and you'll know. It's the most horrifying, cannibalistic, and nightmarish creature in this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the long hours do pass away, So doth the life of man decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58302]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the long hours do pass away, So doth the life of man decay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother of dead dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mother of dead dogs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  What knowledge of Jesus Christ and His teaching lay behind the flash of enlightenment it is now impossible for us to say: but it is clear that the God whom Paul met was the "Father" of Jesus' own Gospel parables, the Shepherd who goes after the one sheep until He finds it. It was the God, in fact, whom the whole of the life of Jesus set forth, to the astonishment of those among whom He moved. Loving still, He brought God to men in the same unmistakable way. The divine love that through Jesus had found the public an Zacchaeus had now through the risen Christ found Paul the Pharisee. Hence forward the central facts of life for Paul were that while he was yet a sinner God had found and forgiven him, and that this was the work of Jesus Christ, in whose love the love of God had become plain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before I can have any joy in being alone with God I must have learned not to fear being alone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before I can have any joy in being alone with God I must have learned not to fear being alone with myself. Shrinking from any deep self-scrutiny is by no means an uncommon thing, and often goes far to explain the feverish restlessness with which a world-loving heart plunges into perpetual rounds of gaieties and dissipations; they serve as an escape from troublesome questions about the soul, and help to get rid of the clamours of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary peoplevisualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible.And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary peoplevisualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible.And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, we're letting our fan club pick a third of our set. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, we're letting our fan club pick a third of our set.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,  She might ha' been a grandam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,  She might ha' been a grandam ere she died;   And so may you, for a light heart lives long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5844</guid></item></channel></rss>