<?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 bubble winked at me, and said, "You'll miss me brother, when you're dead." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59392]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bubble winked at me, and said, "You'll miss me brother, when you're dead."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grant that I may never rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof, lest, instead of sucking milk, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grant that I may never rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof, lest, instead of sucking milk, I squeeze blood out of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theory must be tempered with reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53063]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theory must be tempered with reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knavery and flattery are blood relations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knavery and flattery are blood relations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are not to do evil that good may come of it. [Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10666]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are not to do evil that good may come of it. [Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist   The Present is the point at which Time touches Eternity. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist   The Present is the point at which Time touches Eternity. Of the present moment -- and of it only -- humans have an experience analogous to the experience which God has of reality as a whole; in it alone, freedom and actuality are offered them. He would therefore have them continually concerned either with Eternity (which means being concerned with Him) or with the Present -- either meditating on their eternal union with, or separation from, Himself; or else obeying the present voice of conscience, bearing the present cross, receiving the present grace, giving thanks for the present pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18380]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48432]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27162]]></link><description><![CDATA[He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God never had a church but there, men say, The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,  I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8674]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never had a church but there, men say, The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,  I doubted of this saw, till on a day   I westward spied great Edinburgh's Saint Giles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not an environmentalist. I'm an Earth warrior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They tore my shirt off, they tore it off my back, and I was being whipped on my bare back, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28517]]></link><description><![CDATA[They tore my shirt off, they tore it off my back, and I was being whipped on my bare back, Confess! Confess!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For talk six times with the same single lady, And you may get the wedding dress ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26558]]></link><description><![CDATA[For talk six times with the same single lady, And you may get the wedding dress ready.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They shall knaw a file, and flee unto the mountains of Hepsidam whar the lion roareth and the Wang Doodle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48086]]></link><description><![CDATA[They shall knaw a file, and flee unto the mountains of Hepsidam whar the lion roareth and the Wang Doodle mourneth for its first born--ah!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62889]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1132]]></link><description><![CDATA[For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64031]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit. [Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18520]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit. [Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the present time, there are probably only a few areas in which one might be able to move forward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35512]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the present time, there are probably only a few areas in which one might be able to move forward by evidence-based benchmarks,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strategically, both are good fits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strategically, both are good fits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the stag, and afterwards, when he has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51958]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the stag, and afterwards, when he has been caught, to skin him. [Lat., Et vulgariter dicitur, quod primun oportet cervum capere, et postea, cum captus fuerit, illum excoriare.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is conceived well is expressed clearly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/995]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is conceived well is expressed clearly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish he would explain his explanation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14747]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish he would explain his explanation]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant. -Anthony J. D'Angelo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46260]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64989]]></link><description><![CDATA[People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth, The bless'd hour of our dinners! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13224]]></link><description><![CDATA[O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth, The bless'd hour of our dinners!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13841]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So on he fares, and to the border comes, Of Eden, where delicious Paradise,  Now nearer, crowns with her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45470]]></link><description><![CDATA[So on he fares, and to the border comes, Of Eden, where delicious Paradise,  Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green,   As with a rural mound, the champain head    Of a steep wilderness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Some people want to see God with their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love their cow -- for the milk and cheese and profit it brings them. This is how it is with people who love God for the sake of outward wealth or inward comfort. They do not rightly love God, when they love Him for their own advantage. Indeed, I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but a mule denies his family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15177]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but a mule denies his family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There must be more to life than having everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26502]]></link><description><![CDATA[There must be more to life than having everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are making investments now so they need our advice as to how to go about doing it. So an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32873]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are making investments now so they need our advice as to how to go about doing it. So an agreement is urgent for us in the U.S..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61143]]></link><description><![CDATA[To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And with them words of so sweet breath composed As made the things more rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51259]]></link><description><![CDATA[And with them words of so sweet breath composed As made the things more rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no direct interest in those cities and don't have a strategic plan to include them, but that doesn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32823]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no direct interest in those cities and don't have a strategic plan to include them, but that doesn't mean we won't in the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have not been horrified by war to a sufficient extent ... War will exist until that distant day when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12815]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have not been horrified by war to a sufficient extent ... War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige as the warrior does today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Developers can start working with the code. Before UIMA, there was no easy way to (collaborate on) search. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Developers can start working with the code. Before UIMA, there was no easy way to (collaborate on) search.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the stupidest calves choose their own butcher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's ok for a man to commit adultery if his wife is ugly ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/646]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's ok for a man to commit adultery if his wife is ugly]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man alive can say, "This shall not happen to me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42389]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man alive can say, "This shall not happen to me]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou's such a great player, that if I can help make him better, I feel like I'm contributing to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lou's such a great player, that if I can help make him better, I feel like I'm contributing to the team. I'm trying to push the other guys, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you begin to believe there is help "out there," you will know it to be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you begin to believe there is help "out there," you will know it to be true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45380]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45380</guid></item></channel></rss>