<?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[Experience is the only prophecy of wise men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill nothing but time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill nothing but time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doingordinary things extraordinarily well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doingordinary things extraordinarily well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little with quiet is the onely dyet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49050]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little with quiet is the onely dyet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47297]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3256]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, dainty and delicious! Food for the gods! Ambrosia for Apicius!  Worthy to thrill the soul of sea-born Venus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, dainty and delicious! Food for the gods! Ambrosia for Apicius!  Worthy to thrill the soul of sea-born Venus,   Or titillate the palate of Silenus!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kids really look up to Bob. He treats every kid equally. This is the hardest working team I've ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kids really look up to Bob. He treats every kid equally. This is the hardest working team I've ever coached and it's thanks to him. He's such a huge part of the team. If I coach another 30 years, Bob will be one of the two or three kids I remember most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16026]]></link><description><![CDATA[In ashes of despaire, though burnt, shall make thee live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49053]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures earlyin life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22694]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures earlyin life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would call this a unique opportunity for people who want to use the property for 60 or 90 days ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30954]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would call this a unique opportunity for people who want to use the property for 60 or 90 days a year. We're finding all kinds of people who want a vacation home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's;  God is, they are,   Man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's;  God is, they are,   Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who guilt stains it equals. [Lat., Facinus quos inquinat aequat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who guilt stains it equals. [Lat., Facinus quos inquinat aequat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It (first game) could have been different, you never know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41933]]></link><description><![CDATA[It (first game) could have been different, you never know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I definitely can see him playing in the big leagues. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I definitely can see him playing in the big leagues. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the Social Democrats that did not want German reunification. It was the Christian Democrats who supported German reunification. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33694]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the Social Democrats that did not want German reunification. It was the Christian Democrats who supported German reunification.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every drunken skipper trusts to Providence. But one of the ways of Providence with drunken skippers is to run them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every drunken skipper trusts to Providence. But one of the ways of Providence with drunken skippers is to run them on the rocks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big waters alone, although some friends think I shouldn't. Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66517]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19865]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter. [Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,  Die Tochter denk' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter. [Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,  Die Tochter denk' ich.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30233]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First, all relationships are with yourself-and sometimes they involveother people. Second, the most important relationship in your life-the oneyou have, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21470]]></link><description><![CDATA[First, all relationships are with yourself-and sometimes they involveother people. Second, the most important relationship in your life-the oneyou have, like it or not, until the day you die-is with yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41699]]></link><description><![CDATA[From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55580]]></link><description><![CDATA[But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 6.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2839]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. . . . Decency is very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11574]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. . . . Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although prayer has been defined as communion with God, aspiration after the highest things, Stopford Brooke [Irish clergyman, 1832-1916] is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although prayer has been defined as communion with God, aspiration after the highest things, Stopford Brooke [Irish clergyman, 1832-1916] is right when he insists that prayer, in its plainest meaning, is a petition addressed to God. When Jesus laid the duty of petition upon his disciples, He went on to assert the reasonableness of man's asking and God's answering. Jesus argues along the line of reason that, if an earthly parent does the best in his power for his children, ... the Almighty and All-Wise Love, of which human love is only the shadow, will do better still for His great family; and therefore our Master teaches that men ought everywhere to pray, without fear, with hope, and without doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We worked hard all year and tried to set an example for our people back home. Just because we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36500]]></link><description><![CDATA[We worked hard all year and tried to set an example for our people back home. Just because we are a small school, we don't have to follow the mold of other schools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21958]]></link><description><![CDATA[The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43783]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56812]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started out a little rough, but we stepped it up in the fourth quarter. We wanted to win. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30004]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started out a little rough, but we stepped it up in the fourth quarter. We wanted to win. We wanted the bragging rights, but we all were looking forward to this game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill natures, the more you aske them, the more they stick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close theywere to success when they gave up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close theywere to success when they gave up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pitchers today are only expected to pitch into the sixth inning. I read where a pitcher pitched deep into the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pitchers today are only expected to pitch into the sixth inning. I read where a pitcher pitched deep into the sixth inning. Isn't that something? Deep into the sixth inning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66657]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A business with an income at its heels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5026]]></link><description><![CDATA[A business with an income at its heels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53944</guid></item></channel></rss>