<?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 Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of JusticeA swallow, returning from abroad and especially fond of dwelling with men, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1587]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of JusticeA swallow, returning from abroad and especially fond of dwelling with men, built herself a nest in the wall of a Court of Justice and there hatched seven young birds. A Serpent gliding past the nest from its hole in the wall ate up the young unfledged nestlings. The Swallow, finding her nest empty, lamented greatly and exclaimed: Woe to me a stranger! that in this place where all others' rights are protected, I alone should suffer wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything can happen. It's very unstable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything can happen. It's very unstable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28166]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but the lark so shrill and clear; Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings,  The morn not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24095]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but the lark so shrill and clear; Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings,  The morn not waking till she sings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47100]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood  Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2817]]></link><description><![CDATA[We understood Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood  Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought   That one might almost say her body thought.   - Dr. John Donne,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery travels free through the whole world! [Ger., Frei geht das Ungluck durch die ganze Erde!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery travels free through the whole world! [Ger., Frei geht das Ungluck durch die ganze Erde!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15001]]></link><description><![CDATA[As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took a while for us to hit somebody. Just getting them in a game situation and playing full speed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39935]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took a while for us to hit somebody. Just getting them in a game situation and playing full speed with plays coming in every 20 seconds is what we needed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People always make time to do the things they really want to do. -Anon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59366]]></link><description><![CDATA[People always make time to do the things they really want to do. -Anon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't follow your dreams; chase them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't follow your dreams; chase them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a choice. Your circumstance can affect it, but you're still the one who decides your happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a choice. Your circumstance can affect it, but you're still the one who decides your happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you're caught in the mousetrap, why not eat the cheese? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you're caught in the mousetrap, why not eat the cheese?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We finally have established that there will be no runaway use of contract employees, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29617]]></link><description><![CDATA[We finally have established that there will be no runaway use of contract employees,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect, For slander's mark was ever yet the fair;  The ornament ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56555]]></link><description><![CDATA[That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect, For slander's mark was ever yet the fair;  The ornament of beauty is suspect,   A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air.    So thou be good, slander doth but approve     Thy worth the greater, being wooed of time;      For canker vice the sweetest buds doth love,       And thou present'st a pure unstained prime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52272]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! that we two were Maying Down the stream of the soft spring breeze;  Like children with violets playing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! that we two were Maying Down the stream of the soft spring breeze;  Like children with violets playing,   In the shade of the whispering trees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I’ll tell you, few things make me more angry than some out of touch Washington politician saying that Head ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61230]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I’ll tell you, few things make me more angry than some out of touch Washington politician saying that Head Start doesn’t work. That’s a flat out lie and it’s disrespectful to you and the tens of thousands of Americans who make this program work for children every single day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a creative writer possession of the "truth" is less important than emotional sincerity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62411]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a creative writer possession of the "truth" is less important than emotional sincerity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every bees hony is sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every bees hony is sweet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55283]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We couldn't come up with the key hits. And we weren't mentally prepared on defense. To win, you have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30579]]></link><description><![CDATA[We couldn't come up with the key hits. And we weren't mentally prepared on defense. To win, you have to play every play, and we didn't do that today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mill gets by going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Mill gets by going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsehoods border on truths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsehoods border on truths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16540]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11808]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than to triumph in a cause that I know some day will fail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[D'Adam nous sommes tous enfants, La prove en est connue,  Et que tous, nos premier parents   Ont ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2488]]></link><description><![CDATA[D'Adam nous sommes tous enfants, La prove en est connue,  Et que tous, nos premier parents   Ont mene la charrue.    Mais, las de cultiver enfin     La terre labouree      L'une a detele le matin,       L'autre l'apres-dinee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  How often we look upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morgan!--She ain't nothing else, and I've got the papers to prove it. Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve hundred dollars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morgan!--She ain't nothing else, and I've got the papers to prove it. Sired by Chippewa Chief, and twelve hundred dollars won't buy her.  Briggs of Turlumme owned her. Did you know Briggs of Turlumme?--   Busted hisself in White Pine and blew out his brains down in Frisco?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm hoping Georgia will be able to stop them or do whatever it takes to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32187]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm hoping Georgia will be able to stop them or do whatever it takes to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A peaceful mind generates power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22634]]></link><description><![CDATA[A peaceful mind generates power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can observe a lot by just watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66855]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can observe a lot by just watching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65584]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest resources people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements are the result of many little things done in a single direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The justice doesn't have any comment about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39610]]></link><description><![CDATA[The justice doesn't have any comment about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A brownout occurs when you forget what happened until you start hearing about it and then your memory slowly comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31725]]></link><description><![CDATA[A brownout occurs when you forget what happened until you start hearing about it and then your memory slowly comes back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away athis rock perhaps a hundred times without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22622]]></link><description><![CDATA[When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away athis rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it wasnot that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It requires more courage to suffer than to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58224]]></link><description><![CDATA[It requires more courage to suffer than to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity. -King Henry IV. Part II. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55938]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll talk with trainers, doctors, coaches, but I'm looking to play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37352]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll talk with trainers, doctors, coaches, but I'm looking to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that can be invented has been invented. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that can be invented has been invented.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things have their place, knew wee how to place them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49109]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now we shall possess a right definition of faith if we call it a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7706</guid></item></channel></rss>