<?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[The immortal could we cease to contemplate, The mortal part suggests its every trait.  God laid His fingers on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43176]]></link><description><![CDATA[The immortal could we cease to contemplate, The mortal part suggests its every trait.  God laid His fingers on the ivories   Of her pure members as on smoothed keys,    And there out-breathed her spirit's harmonies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64941]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just think of me and I will be there ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just think of me and I will be there]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy mandoes not get much further. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy mandoes not get much further.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16241]]></link><description><![CDATA[As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed;  Smiles by his cheerful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19623]]></link><description><![CDATA[At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed;  Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys   His children's looks, that brighten at the blaze;    While his lov'd partner, boastful of her hoard,     Displays her cleanly platter on the board.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracefully, gracefully glides our bark On the bosom of Father Thames,  And before her bows the wavelets dark  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracefully, gracefully glides our bark On the bosom of Father Thames,  And before her bows the wavelets dark   Break into a thousand gems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those guys are so athletic. They are one of the most athletic teams I've ever played against. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those guys are so athletic. They are one of the most athletic teams I've ever played against.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they him spy, As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,  Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17200]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they him spy, As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,  Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,   Rising and cawing at the gun's report,    Sever themselves and madly sweep the sky;     So at his sight away his fellows fly,      And at our stamp here o'er and o'er one falls;       He murder cries and help from Athens calls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had this dream with CBS about promoting this type of music to people who did not know about it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35223]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had this dream with CBS about promoting this type of music to people who did not know about it and we thought the best way to do that was in English,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25554]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our biggest hazard out here is packrats. We don't want brush piles to build, so we prune our trees every year near the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you will give me a copy of the letter, I will have the foreign minister prepare a reply. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29711]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you will give me a copy of the letter, I will have the foreign minister prepare a reply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -George Bernard Shaw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -George Bernard Shaw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Craft against vice I must apply. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Craft against vice I must apply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half of the American people never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26236]]></link><description><![CDATA[What treasures here do Mammon's sons behold! Yet know that all that which glitters is not gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank the Lord for the air she got. God is alive. He looks after all of us. You just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33729]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank the Lord for the air she got. God is alive. He looks after all of us. You just have to have faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25226]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12903]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm glad to be out here. We signed for what, 90 minutes. I'd stay as long as needed to help ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm glad to be out here. We signed for what, 90 minutes. I'd stay as long as needed to help out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32736]]></link><description><![CDATA[As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear. -Thoreau. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25213]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear. -Thoreau.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16686]]></link><description><![CDATA[A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That rigging slipped down underneath that horse as I came off and I was dragged once and a half times ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38092]]></link><description><![CDATA[That rigging slipped down underneath that horse as I came off and I was dragged once and a half times around the arena. I was looking up at the belly of that horse the whole way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is down can fall no lower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14916]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is down can fall no lower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18798]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance generally favors the prudent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance generally favors the prudent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he feels the door has been opened, and he's getting some shoves from behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30466]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he feels the door has been opened, and he's getting some shoves from behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52920]]></link><description><![CDATA[To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21997]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine and women bring misery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine and women bring misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37650]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The purchase] is like a daydream of a used car salesman; we paid big bucks for lemons, ... We're buying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39735]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The purchase] is like a daydream of a used car salesman; we paid big bucks for lemons, ... We're buying lemons for Iraqi allies who have bull's-eyes on their backs. That's crazy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very dangerous. The timing is extremely important. He's sensing that there's a failed state in Sudan and he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28236]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very dangerous. The timing is extremely important. He's sensing that there's a failed state in Sudan and he would like to extend his bases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26155]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed; Give us courage to change what should be changed; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55194]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed; Give us courage to change what should be changed; Give us the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is memory and metaphor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is memory and metaphor]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embarrassment of riches. [Fr., Embarras des richesse.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Embarrassment of riches. [Fr., Embarras des richesse.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you haven't got a singing face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56466]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you haven't got a singing face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves, howe'er contented, never know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16675]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard, ... Just listening to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard, ... Just listening to my father . . . So just basically following that and following my heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26517</guid></item></channel></rss>