<?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[This is a very amateurish attempt to shoe-horn Sinn Fein into a position on policing, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35689]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very amateurish attempt to shoe-horn Sinn Fein into a position on policing,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mumble a lot off-stage, I'm a mumbler. If I'm walking with a friend and I say something, he won't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58629]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mumble a lot off-stage, I'm a mumbler. If I'm walking with a friend and I say something, he won't hear me, he'll say 'What?'. So I'll say it again, but once again he doesn't hear me, so he says 'What?'. But really it's just some insignificant sh*t that I'm saying, but now I'm yelling, 'That tree is far away.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round,  I keep smooth plats of fruitful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4286]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Blackbird! sing me something well: While all the neighbors shoot thee round,  I keep smooth plats of fruitful ground,   Where thou may'st warble, eat and dwell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beate the dog before the Lyon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beate the dog before the Lyon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in their 20s have a lot of time to grow their investments and don't need to be too conservative, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39468]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in their 20s have a lot of time to grow their investments and don't need to be too conservative,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware  Necessity doth front the universe   With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45711]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware  Necessity doth front the universe   With an invincible gesture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The majors can't be bothered with that [kind of material]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The majors can't be bothered with that [kind of material].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49272]]></link><description><![CDATA[God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10783]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been years since that kind of new money for Puget Sound has been on the books. This is turning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30390]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been years since that kind of new money for Puget Sound has been on the books. This is turning a corner here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to think of it as a type of Thanksgiving, reestablishing that connection on a human level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40988]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to think of it as a type of Thanksgiving, reestablishing that connection on a human level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all my years of coaching, I've never seen a team pass like this. They don't care who scores. Really. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35021]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all my years of coaching, I've never seen a team pass like this. They don't care who scores. Really. Everyone makes the extra pass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness consists in activity; such as the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness consists in activity; such as the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the lark that sings so out of tune, Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24106]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the lark that sings so out of tune, Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57094]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same. - The Deer Park.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I happen to think it's safer having the people out of the token booths than in the token booths. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I happen to think it's safer having the people out of the token booths than in the token booths. When they're circulating, they're much more, you know, 'eyes and ears' than when they're stuck in a booth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the last ten years, I would suggest that's long enough!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to write it that way, ... that would be helpful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32979]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to write it that way, ... that would be helpful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: Because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11123]]></link><description><![CDATA[For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:  And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every Art it is good to have a master. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49537]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every Art it is good to have a master.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58682]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My soul is dark! oh quickly string The harp I yet can brook to hear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48752]]></link><description><![CDATA[My soul is dark! oh quickly string The harp I yet can brook to hear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like the next Harry Potter book. You'll have to wait for it and be grateful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31564]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like the next Harry Potter book. You'll have to wait for it and be grateful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23610]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53219]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up to now I've done everything I've wanted to do the way I wanted to do myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61621]]></link><description><![CDATA[No action will be considered blameless, unless the will was so, for by the will the act was dictated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest form of wisdom is kindness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest form of wisdom is kindness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13833]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're talking about twenty-something years of professional ball. You have seen every defence you can possibly see. Every type of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38878]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're talking about twenty-something years of professional ball. You have seen every defence you can possibly see. Every type of athlete, every type of blitz, every type of coverage. You've seen everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got to be able to invest in some incubators for change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29427]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got to be able to invest in some incubators for change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. [Lat., Crede mihi, miseris ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. [Lat., Crede mihi, miseris coelestia numina parcunt;  Nec semper laesos, et sine fine, premunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never had a sore arm or sore leg in my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34356]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never had a sore arm or sore leg in my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63564]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63564</guid></item></channel></rss>