<?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[Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64246]]></link><description><![CDATA[How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64129]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole;  How here he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole;  How here he sipp'd, how there he plunder'd snug,   And suck'd all o'er like an industrious bug.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34438]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,  That God alone was to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56510]]></link><description><![CDATA[And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful,  That God alone was to be seen in Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As shines the moon amid the lesser fires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48550]]></link><description><![CDATA[As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9517]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are no plans to replace it, since it was never needed in the first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which is analogous to the above.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Run your fingers through my soul. For once, just once, feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe, perceive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Run your fingers through my soul. For once, just once, feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe, perceive as I perceive, look, experience, examine, and for once; just once, understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had the chance to watch Hilary develop for the past six or seven years and I am proud to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37818]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had the chance to watch Hilary develop for the past six or seven years and I am proud to have her as a part of this program. She has great hands and I think the combination of hockey and soccer helped with her development of the game. She has off the ball awareness and is a very finesse player. She will look to come in and play for us in the midfield and up front.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was not made of common calf, Nor ever meant for country loon;  If with an axe I seem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was not made of common calf, Nor ever meant for country loon;  If with an axe I seem cut out,   The workman was no cobbling clown;    A good jack boot with double sole he made,     To roam the woods, or through the rivers wade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, Madame, I have fed like a farmer; I shall grow as fat as a porpoise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, Madame, I have fed like a farmer; I shall grow as fat as a porpoise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With a goalkeeper you can name a replacement for two weeks and just keep extending it from that point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38424]]></link><description><![CDATA[With a goalkeeper you can name a replacement for two weeks and just keep extending it from that point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63634]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62587]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starred forget-me-nots smile sweetly, Ring, bluebells, ring!  Winning eye and heart completely,   Sing, robin, sing!   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starred forget-me-nots smile sweetly, Ring, bluebells, ring!  Winning eye and heart completely,   Sing, robin, sing!    All among the reeds and rushes,     Where the brook its music hushes,      Bright the caloposon blushes,__       Laugh, O murmuring Spring!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A goal without a plan is just a wish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A goal without a plan is just a wish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is reallyaccording to order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is reallyaccording to order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The press was doing its job, and in doing its job, they saw this clash between what they were witnessing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39844]]></link><description><![CDATA[The press was doing its job, and in doing its job, they saw this clash between what they were witnessing with their own eyes and what officials were telling them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The religious desire and effort of the soul to relate itself and all its interest to God and his will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The religious desire and effort of the soul to relate itself and all its interest to God and his will, is prayer in the deepest sense. This is essential prayer: uttered or unexpressed, it is equally prayer. It is the soul's desire after God going forth in a manifestation, ... the soul striving after God. This is a prayer that may exist without ceasing, consisting, as it does, not in doing or saying this or that, but in temper and attitude of the spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have added metal eyelets and a self-strap closure with buckle and grommet and an inside moisture wicking sweatband. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37136]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have added metal eyelets and a self-strap closure with buckle and grommet and an inside moisture wicking sweatband.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in hismoccasins for two weeks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in hismoccasins for two weeks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that which he laughs at, than that which he approves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24180]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres. [Lat., Discit enim citius, meminitque libentius ilud  Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46825]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's thoughts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15035]]></link><description><![CDATA[By these things examine thyself. By whose rules am I acting; in whose name; in whose strength; in whose glory? What faith, humility, self-denial, and love of God and to man have there been in all my actions?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know it sounds overused, but truthfully, each department is interdependent upon the other. You couldn't have done it without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32887]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know it sounds overused, but truthfully, each department is interdependent upon the other. You couldn't have done it without physicians, hospital board and staff members, city council all different stakeholder groups consistently working together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5577]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26596]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43512]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a creature That dotes on Cassio, as 'tis the strumpet's plague  To beguile many and be beguiled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58909]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a creature That dotes on Cassio, as 'tis the strumpet's plague  To beguile many and be beguiled by one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matter and energy moves itself. It has no exterior mover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matter and energy moves itself. It has no exterior mover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we get a big rain, the water comes up and spreads over the orchard. Sometimes we can be 50-75 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33784]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we get a big rain, the water comes up and spreads over the orchard. Sometimes we can be 50-75 percent under water. When this happens we can't get our work done, but we can put up with it until the end of February. Then we have to get back to work. When there are breaks in the storm, that allows the water to drain and we can work around that. But when it is just continuous, then we get in trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competitions are for horse, not artist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competitions are for horse, not artist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe we can and should have it all. Lower deficits but higher spending. More peace with a bigger military ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32245]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe we can and should have it all. Lower deficits but higher spending. More peace with a bigger military that goes off and kills terrorists and whatnot. A cleaner environment without forcing SUVs off the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever people say "we mustn't be sentimental", you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever people say "we mustn't be sentimental", you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, "we must be realistic", they mean they are going to make money out of it. -Brigid Brophy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47166]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of all struggles for liberty is to keep in bounds the armed defenders of peace, the governors and their constables. The political concept of the individual's freedom means: freedom from arbitrary action on the part of the police power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say miracles are past. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55722]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say miracles are past. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60251]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those fantasies that surround authorship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times  Make mountains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54142]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times  Make mountains level. and the continent,   Weary of solid firmness, melt itself    Into the sea!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54142</guid></item></channel></rss>