<?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[One's personality can be understood from the people they mingle with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46222]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's personality can be understood from the people they mingle with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes less time to do things right that to explain why you did it wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53752]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes less time to do things right that to explain why you did it wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was the best we've seen Hunter Jones throw the ball this year. That's the way he threw the ball ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41139]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was the best we've seen Hunter Jones throw the ball this year. That's the way he threw the ball last year. We were just hoping he'd get it back on track, and I think he did tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am still progressing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15204]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am still progressing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shelving hard decisions is the least ethical course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shelving hard decisions is the least ethical course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48840]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hatred of relatives is the most violent. [Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hatred of relatives is the most violent. [Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And o'er the hills and far away, Beyond their utmost purple rim,  Beyond the night, across the day,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43318]]></link><description><![CDATA[And o'er the hills and far away, Beyond their utmost purple rim,  Beyond the night, across the day,   Thro' all the world she followed him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you are now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65986]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you are now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some remedies are worse than the disease itself. [Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some remedies are worse than the disease itself. [Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47851]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24374]]></link><description><![CDATA[God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice and Judgment are thy throne  Yet wondrous is thy grace; While truth and mercy joined in one,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice and Judgment are thy throne  Yet wondrous is thy grace; While truth and mercy joined in one,  Invite us near thy face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy brook,  Thy bubblings ne'er remember   Apollo's summer look;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11568]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy brook,  Thy bubblings ne'er remember   Apollo's summer look;    But with a sweet forgetting,     They stay their crystal fretting,      Never, never petting       About the frozen time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is my greatest enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is my greatest enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has gone to the demnition bow-wows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15388]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearly the way the judiciary is being used as an instrument against critics now is a real problem. It shows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearly the way the judiciary is being used as an instrument against critics now is a real problem. It shows the problems for the trials and the problem for the United Nations to be mixed up with these people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is an infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is an infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66450]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of my dog; and I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58375]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like cliffhangers, with the hero in trouble at the end. I used to go on real bendersI don't do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39027]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like cliffhangers, with the hero in trouble at the end. I used to go on real bendersI don't do that anymore. But when you go on bender you never know what's going to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ayr, gurgling, kissed his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening green;  The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ayr, gurgling, kissed his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening green;  The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar   Twined amorous round the raptures scene.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is action, not position. -Donald H. McGannon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is action, not position. -Donald H. McGannon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9833]]></link><description><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give to others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's definitely an element of pride there. Outside the postseason, if you ask our guys which tournament they would like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30886]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's definitely an element of pride there. Outside the postseason, if you ask our guys which tournament they would like to win, they're probably say this one. I think everyone wants to do well at home and protect the home turf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The game is difficult, expensive and requires an extensive time commitment. Facilities are hostile to the newcomer and other participants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31168]]></link><description><![CDATA[The game is difficult, expensive and requires an extensive time commitment. Facilities are hostile to the newcomer and other participants are hostile to the newcomer. If you're bombarded by hostility in your first year of playing the game, you'll go bowling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair-- The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--  And Winter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62094]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair-- The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--  And Winter, slumbering in the open air,   Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!    And I the while, the sole unbusy thing,     Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all now, and in any critical moment of my life, they all rise up in armed legions for or against me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and but heal to wear  That which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62362]]></link><description><![CDATA[What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and but heal to wear  That which disfigures it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who do remember it will find new ways to screw it up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who do remember it will find new ways to screw it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grim-visaged, comfortless despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50880]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change of weather is the discourse of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change of weather is the discourse of fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grant no dukedoms to the few, We hold like rights and shall;  Equal on Sunday in the pew, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16679]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grant no dukedoms to the few, We hold like rights and shall;  Equal on Sunday in the pew,   On Monday in the mall.    For what avail the plough or sail,     Or land, or life, if freedom fail?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988 I greet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Easter Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988 I greet Thy sepulchre, salute Thy grave,  That blest enclosure, where the angels gave  The first glad tidings of Thy early light,  And resurrection from the earth and night.  I see that morning in Thy convert's tears,  Fresh as the dew, which but this downing wears.  I smell her spices; and her ointment yields  As rich a scent as the now primrosed fields:  The Day-star smiles, and light, with Thee deceased,  Now shines in all the chambers of the East.  ... Henry Vaughan April 24, 2000 Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  The [Christian] "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more adequate, namely the actual incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226   Where there is fear of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226   Where there is fear of God to keep the house, the enemy can find no way to enter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud  Without our special wonder? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud  Without our special wonder?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Steal immortal blessings from her lips; who,even in pure and vestal modesty, still blush, as thinking their own kisses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23847]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Steal immortal blessings from her lips; who,even in pure and vestal modesty, still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll therefore relish with content, Whate'er kind providence has sent,  Nor aim beyond our pow'r;   For, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9942]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll therefore relish with content, Whate'er kind providence has sent,  Nor aim beyond our pow'r;   For, if our stock be very small,    'Tis prudent to enjoy it all,     Nor lose the present hour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is a circus--always packing up and moving away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is a circus--always packing up and moving away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44152]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your your disgraceful life with such mean ambitions, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your your disgraceful life with such mean ambitions, O miser? [Lat., Abiturus illuc priores abierunt,  Quid mente caeca torques spiritum?   Tibi dico, avare.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26079]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never use the word "nation" in speaking of the United States. I always use the word "Union" or "Confederacy." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60130]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never use the word "nation" in speaking of the United States. I always use the word "Union" or "Confederacy." We are not a nation but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign States.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24706]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24706</guid></item></channel></rss>