<?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["So the Bluebirds have contracted, have they, for a house? And a next is under way for little Mr. Wren?" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4365]]></link><description><![CDATA["So the Bluebirds have contracted, have they, for a house? And a next is under way for little Mr. Wren?"  "Hush, dear, hush! Be quiet, dear! quiet as a mouse.   These are weighty secrets, and we must whisper them."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole. [Lat., Incipe quidquid agas: pro ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands for the whole. [Lat., Incipe quidquid agas: pro toto est prima operis pars.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10149]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's simply an educational site, then I don't see it as a huge threat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31339]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's simply an educational site, then I don't see it as a huge threat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64052]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the best gaine is to lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People had been afraid to speak out. They fear repercussions; they fear being targeted, because (the Border Patrol) is so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37760]]></link><description><![CDATA[People had been afraid to speak out. They fear repercussions; they fear being targeted, because (the Border Patrol) is so dominant and so imposing in their communities, where they're told they don't have any rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  Knowledge of God can be fully given to man only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  Knowledge of God can be fully given to man only in a Person, never in a doctrine. Faith is not the holding of correct doctrine, but personal fellowship with the living God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen! O, listen! Here come the hum the golden bees  Underneath full blossomed trees,   At once with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen! O, listen! Here come the hum the golden bees  Underneath full blossomed trees,   At once with glowing fruit and flowers crowned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things that it saw as priorities 10 years ago, they may still be priorities, but they aren't necessarily the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things that it saw as priorities 10 years ago, they may still be priorities, but they aren't necessarily the only priorities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52128]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46834]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings and flies back into his homeland.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37650]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43255]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was the guy I looked up to, that I wanted to be like, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30254]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was the guy I looked up to, that I wanted to be like,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is uncharted water here; this is the first time the turnpike commission has done this. I don't even know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38053]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is uncharted water here; this is the first time the turnpike commission has done this. I don't even know if it would be feasible for the bonding company to take over (Smith & Johnson). There may not be any employee infrastructure to use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Salerio:) . . . if my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. (Solanio:) I would she were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17890]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Salerio:) . . . if my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. (Solanio:) I would she were as lying a gossip in that as ever knapped ginger or made her neighbors believe she wept for the death of a third husband.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face?  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/145]]></link><description><![CDATA[What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face?  How shall I charm the interval that lowers   Between this time and that sweet time of grace?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't defame someone, or just walk naked on the streets because freedom of expression has limits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36644]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't defame someone, or just walk naked on the streets because freedom of expression has limits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't get rattled. We never get rattled. Coming into the game we knew that St. James was a good-shooting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't get rattled. We never get rattled. Coming into the game we knew that St. James was a good-shooting team. So, we decided to mix up defenses on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38411]]></link><description><![CDATA[While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man shapes himself through decision that shape his environment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man shapes himself through decision that shape his environment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45601]]></link><description><![CDATA[For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting. It's the beliefs that motivate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22970]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting. It's the beliefs that motivate terrorists. A new ideology of hatred and intolerance has arisen to challenge America and liberal democracy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know how busy other mayors are, but these types of things, if I'm notified early enough, I'll definitely keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39763]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know how busy other mayors are, but these types of things, if I'm notified early enough, I'll definitely keep my calendar open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent does not invariably create a desire for change. Other factors have to be present before discontent turns into disaffection. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent does not invariably create a desire for change. Other factors have to be present before discontent turns into disaffection. One of these is a sense of power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth; His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,  His love sincere, his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16638]]></link><description><![CDATA[But truer stars did govern Proteus' birth; His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,  His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate,   His tears pure messengers sent from his heart,    His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in water. [Fr., L'injure se grave en metal; et ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11666]]></link><description><![CDATA[An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in water. [Fr., L'injure se grave en metal; et le bienfait s'escrit en l'onde.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41205]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then gazing up 'mid the dim pillars high, The foliaged marble forest where ye lie,  Hush, ye will say, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then gazing up 'mid the dim pillars high, The foliaged marble forest where ye lie,  Hush, ye will say, it is eternity!   This is the glimmering verge of heaven, and there    The columns of the heavenly palaces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die free is an obligation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11271]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die free is an obligation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Then are we servants of God, then are we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1478]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build bigger and better dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17993]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in the world, unless you count maybe 25 or 30 little scuzzball countries like Scotland that we could vaporize in seconds if we felt like it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;  Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind,   And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19463]]></link><description><![CDATA[A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784 Why should men love the Church? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784 Why should men love the Church? Why should they love her laws? She tells them of Life and Death, and of all they would forget. She is tender where they would be hard, and hard where they like to be soft. She tells them of Evil and Sin, and other unpleasant facts. They constantly try to escape from the darkness outside and within By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We picked Indiana as our location for many reasons, one of which is soybean availability, access to transportation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34592]]></link><description><![CDATA[We picked Indiana as our location for many reasons, one of which is soybean availability, access to transportation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60317]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe (his ideas) would work in large companies, such as in a public limited company for example, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36669]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe (his ideas) would work in large companies, such as in a public limited company for example,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Unix is so damned useful, why is "no" in /usr/dict/words, but "yes" isn't? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Unix is so damned useful, why is "no" in /usr/dict/words, but "yes" isn't?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60257</guid></item></channel></rss>