<?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[Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is poorer than a truth expressed as it was thought. Committed to writing in such cases, it is not even a bad photograph. Truth wants to be startled abruptly, at one stroke, from her self-immersion, whether by uproar, music or cries for help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede--not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is the time of life when, if you had the time, you'd have the time of your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is the time of life when, if you had the time, you'd have the time of your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49550]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the mouth of a bad dog fals often a good bone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4278]]></link><description><![CDATA[The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not quite where we want to be right now. But we'll give them everything we have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36105]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not quite where we want to be right now. But we'll give them everything we have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13996]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44851]]></link><description><![CDATA[It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was good to get them under our belt. North Carolina wasn't really a close match. We owed them a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34551]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was good to get them under our belt. North Carolina wasn't really a close match. We owed them a little revenge there because we lost to them earlier in the year, so it was a big win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44378]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who injures one man threatens many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51609]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who injures one man threatens many.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61438]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! -King Henry V. Prologue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55944]]></link><description><![CDATA[O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention! -King Henry V. Prologue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is halfe spent before we know what it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53248]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25317]]></link><description><![CDATA[In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be satisfied with what you achieve, because it all pales in comparison with what you are capable of doing in the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1272]]></link><description><![CDATA[One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a pedophile. You know that. I'm gonna look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38673]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a pedophile. You know that. I'm gonna look.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I'd be picking roses for a lifetime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10916]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I'd be picking roses for a lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you kill bacteria down to three feet you're not going to have any problems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33820]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you kill bacteria down to three feet you're not going to have any problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows, Less on exterior things than most suppose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows, Less on exterior things than most suppose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada has never been a melting pot; more like a tossed salad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canada has never been a melting pot; more like a tossed salad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40059]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi soldiers have told the Marines what the imams have blasted over loudspeakersÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â°calls to rise up and attack the Americans. But, under strict orders, the Marines may not enter mosques or schools. They don't like it.] What I'd give to be able to look in there, ... You know they're hiding something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48416]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think our seniors will provide some good leadership. And we've got some great young kids who are excited about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37682]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think our seniors will provide some good leadership. And we've got some great young kids who are excited about making a tradition about attending state tournaments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy  To see how plump my bags are and my barns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He got a corporation mind. He doesn't believe in nature; he puts his trust and distrust in man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43856]]></link><description><![CDATA[He got a corporation mind. He doesn't believe in nature; he puts his trust and distrust in man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a lady who couldn't keep her legs together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37954]]></link><description><![CDATA[a lady who couldn't keep her legs together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60054]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an exciting time for the Rockets. Yao is going to be a part of the Rockets for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40682]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an exciting time for the Rockets. Yao is going to be a part of the Rockets for a long time. I feel he'll become one of the great players in NBA history. He's got the size, intelligence, youth, and quickness to be a phenomenal, forceful player in the league.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's a very special young lady who had the courage to step up and testify, ... She's the hero in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37369]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's a very special young lady who had the courage to step up and testify, ... She's the hero in this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the mental-health field, it's sort of walking a tightrope. You can't treat someone by simply locking them up. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33726]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the mental-health field, it's sort of walking a tightrope. You can't treat someone by simply locking them up. It can be tough, but we try to minimize the risk as best we can and still provide treatment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now we're predominantly supplying football teams, but we have a local basketball player whose doctor has recommended the AirArmor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now we're predominantly supplying football teams, but we have a local basketball player whose doctor has recommended the AirArmor to avoid re-injuring his MCL,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earnings have been good, but what you're starting to see is a return to the attitude about earnings that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earnings have been good, but what you're starting to see is a return to the attitude about earnings that we saw in the late 1990's, where you're seeing more talk about whisper numbers, higher expectations, and a more punitive reaction to numbers that disappoint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  If we ever are to attain to true Divine Peace, and be completely united ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  If we ever are to attain to true Divine Peace, and be completely united to God, all that is not absolutely necessary, either bodily or spiritually, must be cast off; everything that could interpose itself to an unlawful extent between us and Him, and lead us astray: for He alone will be Lord in our hearts, and none other; for Divine Love can admit of no rival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;  Or on wide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;  Or on wide waving wings expanded bear   The flying chariot through the fields of air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39838]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, was certainly not cowed in covering the aftermath of Katrina.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39838</guid></item></channel></rss>