<?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[All is grist that comes to the mill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50966]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is grist that comes to the mill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64465]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off with his head! -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Off with his head! -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The priest is the personification of falsehood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15073]]></link><description><![CDATA[The priest is the personification of falsehood]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56874]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mt. Hope and North Kingstown are both physical teams. We'll have a battle if we get there. They did the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mt. Hope and North Kingstown are both physical teams. We'll have a battle if we get there. They did the right thing with the seeds. They did it based on record not division winners. St. Ray's is on a collision course with North Smithfield in the semis. It should be interesting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature vicarye of the Almighty Lord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature vicarye of the Almighty Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equal opportunity is good, but special privilege is better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our friends, the enemy. [Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our friends, the enemy. [Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is like manure. If you spread it around it does a lot of good. But if you pile it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is like manure. If you spread it around it does a lot of good. But if you pile it up in one place it stinks like hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jake took it very personal last season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jake took it very personal last season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. My bank of wild grass is majestic and full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43920]]></link><description><![CDATA[I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music. It is a fire that solitude presses against my lips.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ariel Sharon until now has not shown any readiness to sit together with the Palestinians to discuss all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Ariel Sharon until now has not shown any readiness to sit together with the Palestinians to discuss all the outstanding issues,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53926]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16149]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10062]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could very well get back into the playoffs with this caliber team. We're going to be young, and they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30866]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could very well get back into the playoffs with this caliber team. We're going to be young, and they're going to make some mistakes along the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running is one of the best solutions to a clear mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running is one of the best solutions to a clear mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15896]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of appreciation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The business and industry environment during the quarter was generally favorable. Our sales results reflected stable trends across our product ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The business and industry environment during the quarter was generally favorable. Our sales results reflected stable trends across our product lines and a modest ramp in demand for fluid handling equipment through the quarter and into December.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get overthe fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get overthe fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time tofigure out whether you like it or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it's inside one person's head, so that part of it's made up and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it's inside one person's head, so that part of it's made up and the rest of it is reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hush! With sudden gush  As from a fountain sings in yonder bush   The Hermit Thrush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hush! With sudden gush  As from a fountain sings in yonder bush   The Hermit Thrush.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,  Our faith triumphant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,  Our faith triumphant o'er our fears,   Are all with thee,--are all with thee!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses. Boards don't like tough, abrasive guys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act v. Sc. 6.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A state has the right to prohibit the killingof dogs and bears whether for film or for other purposes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9188]]></link><description><![CDATA[A state has the right to prohibit the killingof dogs and bears whether for film or for other purposes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. All the beings in the world. One should create such a determination that `I will lead all of them into nirvana'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Thou wert not, Solomon! in all thy glory Array'd," the lilies cry, "in robes like ours;  How vain your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25095]]></link><description><![CDATA["Thou wert not, Solomon! in all thy glory Array'd," the lilies cry, "in robes like ours;  How vain your grandeur! Ah, how transitory   Are human flowers!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest. . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25035]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest. .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--  He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45356]]></link><description><![CDATA[An oyster may be crossed in love! Who says A whale's a bird?--Ha! did you call my love?--  He's here! He's there! he's everywhere!   An me! he's nowhere!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18287]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness:  So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another,   Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.   - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't wait. The time will never be just right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't wait. The time will never be just right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, 709  The world exists, not for what it means but for what it is. The purpose of mushrooms is to be mushrooms, wine is in order to wine: things are precious before they are contributory. It is a false piety that walks through creation looking only for lessons which can be applied somewhere else. To be sure, God remains the greatest good; but, for all that, the world is still good in itself. Indeed, since He does not need it, its whole reason for being must lie in its own natural goodness; He has no use for it, only delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it -- it keeps him upright.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew they were going to play desperate with the way they had been playing. It was a tight game ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32042]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew they were going to play desperate with the way they had been playing. It was a tight game and we broke down a little in the second. We played right into their hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55509]]></link><description><![CDATA[For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15012]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give loosers leave to talke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give loosers leave to talke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hath bitter in his mouth, spits not all sweet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its squarest toes,  When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46755]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its squarest toes,  When the mind (like a beard) has a "formal cut,"--   There is a place and enough for the pains of prose;    But whenever the May-blood stires and glows,     And the young year draws to the "golden prime,"      And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose,--       Then hey! for the ripple of laughing rhyme!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46755</guid></item></channel></rss>