<?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[Silence, indeed, is the one form of worship which is almost universally thought intolerable by Dissenting clergy. Despite their not-too-distant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence, indeed, is the one form of worship which is almost universally thought intolerable by Dissenting clergy. Despite their not-too-distant affinity to the Quakers, they think they will be heard for their much speaking. And since their organists too are equally reluctant to let any liturgical action pass without a ruminative obbligato on the Swell manual, congregations are subjected to unrelieved noise during a service which may well have begun with the reading of the sentence, "Be still, and know that I am God.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24322]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was an enormous surprise when they called me last Wednesday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41629]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was an enormous surprise when they called me last Wednesday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wot prawce Selvytion nah? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wot prawce Selvytion nah?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spirit is matter seen in a stronger light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is a comb that life gives you after you lose your hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is a comb that life gives you after you lose your hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and not know where my future's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45003]]></link><description><![CDATA[People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and not know where my future's going or not realize that moviemaking is the greatest thing to happen to me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They kept telling me you have to have patience, ... Systems in the Caribbean in October take a long time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40860]]></link><description><![CDATA[They kept telling me you have to have patience, ... Systems in the Caribbean in October take a long time to develop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somalis themselves feel that they are under some sort of what they call psychological warfare. They know that at last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somalis themselves feel that they are under some sort of what they call psychological warfare. They know that at last the word is out that Somalia may be a next likely target.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has religion to do with facts? Nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14891]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has religion to do with facts? Nothing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smaller the head, the bigger the dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12823]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smaller the head, the bigger the dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity. The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but of three things. The first was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53823]]></link><description><![CDATA[He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but of three things. The first was that he had trusted a woman with a secret; the second that he had gone by sea when he might have gone by land; and the third, that had passed one day without having a will by him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women made us lose paradise, but how frequently we find it again in their arms ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women made us lose paradise, but how frequently we find it again in their arms]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wishing, of all employments is the worst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wishing, of all employments is the worst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every noble work is at first impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every noble work is at first impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the adulation of life is gone, the coward sneaks to his death, but the brave live on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10520]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the adulation of life is gone, the coward sneaks to his death, but the brave live on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idea is salvation by imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54666]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idea is salvation by imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They made it tough on us. When we collapsed on Gamble on the inside, No. 24 (Johnson) would hit those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28892]]></link><description><![CDATA[They made it tough on us. When we collapsed on Gamble on the inside, No. 24 (Johnson) would hit those long 3s and when we went out to guard him, they would score underneath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23744]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we talk about values, I think of rationality in solving problems. That’s something I value. Fairness, kindness, generosity, tolerance. When they talk about values, they’re talking about things like going to church, voting for Bush, being loyal to Jesus, praying. These are not values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people bring something up, I'll remember it. But I'll remember more things like how I used to love our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34336]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people bring something up, I'll remember it. But I'll remember more things like how I used to love our pasta dinners we had as a team and other social events. I remember that we did well as a team. We were usually among the top three teams in the league, with Westford usually at the top.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60316]]></link><description><![CDATA[If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61746]]></link><description><![CDATA[No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business anywhere else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business anywhere else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know. [Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum expedit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16484]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know. [Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum expedit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shout now! The months with loud acclaim, Take up the cry and send it forth;  May breathing sweet her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shout now! The months with loud acclaim, Take up the cry and send it forth;  May breathing sweet her Spring perfumes,   November thundering from the North.    With hands upraised, as with one voice,     They join their notes in grand accord;      Hail to December! say they all,       It gave to Earth our Christ the Lord!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But, oh! the love that gold must crown! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50157]]></link><description><![CDATA[But, oh! the love that gold must crown!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space  Start it at home, and hunt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25123]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space  Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark,   To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's Ark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41519]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12932]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In less than 24 hours, we completely filled our (greeting) time slots at PTIA and gave out our entire supply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35445]]></link><description><![CDATA[In less than 24 hours, we completely filled our (greeting) time slots at PTIA and gave out our entire supply of posters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951   How often we look upon God as our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951   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/8240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We came back here today (with the distractions) taking the approach that this is another away game. We're trying to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37476]]></link><description><![CDATA[We came back here today (with the distractions) taking the approach that this is another away game. We're trying to stay with the same routine, and hopefully not get caught up in all that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26220]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tools were made and born with hands, Every farmer understands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tools were made and born with hands, Every farmer understands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you were a tadpole, and I was a fish, In the Palaeozoic time,  And side by side in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14359]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you were a tadpole, and I was a fish, In the Palaeozoic time,  And side by side in the sluggish tide   We sprawled in the ooze and slime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We probably will see fewer people travel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40909]]></link><description><![CDATA[We probably will see fewer people travel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearly, the[former] governor of Massachusetts has a lot of homework to do on the problems facing our state. When he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearly, the[former] governor of Massachusetts has a lot of homework to do on the problems facing our state. When he finally gets around to it, he'll see that the problems we face require real solutions rather than stale political rhetoric.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63225]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With all appliances and means to boot. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55929]]></link><description><![CDATA[With all appliances and means to boot. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm just extremely happy to win the championship with the second quickest car, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34880]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm just extremely happy to win the championship with the second quickest car,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24021]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66599</guid></item></channel></rss>