<?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[Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianismare political systems. There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communism is not the opposite of democracy. Communism and capitalism are economic systems. Democracy and totalitarianismare political systems. There are democratic communistsand totalitarian capitalists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw my first Friesian back in 1980 when I was a judge at the California State Fair. I just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32766]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw my first Friesian back in 1980 when I was a judge at the California State Fair. I just couldn't believe what I was seeing --- the animation, the style, the tremendous stature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This garden is the crown jewel of the entire restoration project. The flowers cost $150,000. But it cost four times ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33091]]></link><description><![CDATA[This garden is the crown jewel of the entire restoration project. The flowers cost $150,000. But it cost four times that for the layers upon layers of work in this garden that people never see, such as the archeology, the engineering, and the irrigation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight -- And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22561]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road winds up the hill to meet the height; Beyond the locust hedge it curves from sight -- And yet no man would foolishly contend. That where he sees it not, it makes an end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought Melissa pitched well enough to keep us in the game. I was disappointed in how discouraged our girls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39830]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought Melissa pitched well enough to keep us in the game. I was disappointed in how discouraged our girls became when the Hawks' victory seemed imminent. The game became too emotional for our side.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept a miracle; instead of wit,-- See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept a miracle; instead of wit,-- See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm incredibly happy. ... If you are persistent, you will succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41573]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm incredibly happy. ... If you are persistent, you will succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51625]]></link><description><![CDATA[No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58892]]></link><description><![CDATA[But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No good man ever became suddenly rich. [Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61430]]></link><description><![CDATA[No good man ever became suddenly rich. [Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11273]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That lineup doesn't have any weak spots. The bench is full of stars. When you're pitching against them, you look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34787]]></link><description><![CDATA[That lineup doesn't have any weak spots. The bench is full of stars. When you're pitching against them, you look at the on-deck circle and the guy there is even better than the one you're facing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want him to think hitting is OK. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want him to think hitting is OK.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have been very aggressive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30802]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have been very aggressive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish and visitors stink after three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fish and visitors stink after three days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a big advantage to be first on the road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41113]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a big advantage to be first on the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51053]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use three Physicians, Still-first Dr. Quiet,  Next Dr. Merry-man   And Dr. Dyet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use three Physicians, Still-first Dr. Quiet,  Next Dr. Merry-man   And Dr. Dyet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59226]]></link><description><![CDATA[To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55387]]></link><description><![CDATA[A breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anxiety is the essential condition of intellectual and artistic creation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anxiety is the essential condition of intellectual and artistic creation]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; butknowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; butknowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in spaceand indefinite in duration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59284]]></link><description><![CDATA[We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1106]]></link><description><![CDATA[The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47220]]></link><description><![CDATA[For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41085]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining the cashier's office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19879]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining the cashier's office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Picture you upon my knee, Just tea two and two for tea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Picture you upon my knee, Just tea two and two for tea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay in vengeance gives a heavier blow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay in vengeance gives a heavier blow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/932]]></link><description><![CDATA[You live with your thoughts -- so be careful what they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't follow your dreams; chase them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't follow your dreams; chase them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist  True progress is not found in breaking away from the old ways, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist  True progress is not found in breaking away from the old ways, but in abiding in the teaching of Christ and His Spirit in the Church. There is an apparent contradiction here, for how can we abide, and yet advance? It is a paradox, like much else in scripture; but Christian experience proves it true. Those make the best progress in religion who hold fast by the faith once for all delivered to the saints, and not those who drift away from their moorings, rudderless upon a sea of doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is purchased by the present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48133]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is purchased by the present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No organization is stronger than the quality of its leadership, or ever extends its constituency far beyond the degree to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24473]]></link><description><![CDATA[No organization is stronger than the quality of its leadership, or ever extends its constituency far beyond the degree to which its leadership is representative. -Edgar Powell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, Held out in the smoke, like stars by day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16249]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flower-girl's prayer to buy roses and pinks, Held out in the smoke, like stars by day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended. [Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam corrigas quae ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended. [Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam corrigas quae in pravum induerunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Old Woman and the Wine-JarAn old woman found an empty jar which had lately been full of prime old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Old Woman and the Wine-JarAn old woman found an empty jar which had lately been full of prime old wine and which still retained the fragrant smell of its former contents. She greedily placed it several times to her nose, and drawing it backwards and forwards said, O most delicious! How nice must the Wine itself have been, when it leaves behind in the very vessel which contained it so sweet a perfume! The memory of a good deed lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was young and I just didn't think it through. It was an indiscretion but one for which I hope ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40218]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was young and I just didn't think it through. It was an indiscretion but one for which I hope I can be forgiven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The money was set aside for us, but the stipulation was that we had to hold a referendum first. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33911]]></link><description><![CDATA[The money was set aside for us, but the stipulation was that we had to hold a referendum first. If we didn't act now, we'd lose the money because the SCC would be entitled to give it to another school district with a successful referendum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and the remaining ten percent just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I regard psychiatry as fifty percent bunk, thirty percent fraud, ten percent parrot talk, and the remaining ten percent just a fancy lingo for the common sense we have had for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years, if we ever had the guts to read i]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have an excellent, long-standing relationship with Chile and look forward to working with the new president and her team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33035]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have an excellent, long-standing relationship with Chile and look forward to working with the new president and her team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33035</guid></item></channel></rss>