<?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[Good horses make short miles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good horses make short miles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness. [Lat., Sociis atque amicis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23759]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness. [Lat., Sociis atque amicis auxilia portabant Romani, magisque dandis quam accipiundis beneficiis amicitias parabant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17895]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59786]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My grandmother was a maid and baby sitter, ... From the time she was a teenager until she was 85 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36789]]></link><description><![CDATA[My grandmother was a maid and baby sitter, ... From the time she was a teenager until she was 85 years old, she was working for somebody. Both she and my mother took on whatever jobs they could. Anything to have an extra dime or quarter. They made tremendous sacrifices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, and we've already taken all the classes and shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, and we've already taken all the classes and shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The finest eloquence is that which gets things done: the worst is that which delays them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62128]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finest eloquence is that which gets things done: the worst is that which delays them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And weep the more, because I weep in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58800]]></link><description><![CDATA[And weep the more, because I weep in vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suck, baby! suck! mother's love grows by giving: Drain the sweet founts that only thrive by wasting!  Black manhood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suck, baby! suck! mother's love grows by giving: Drain the sweet founts that only thrive by wasting!  Black manhood comes when riotous guilty living   Hands thee the cup that shall be death in tasting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54633]]></link><description><![CDATA[No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can deny that the New Testament has variety as well as unity. It is the variety which gives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8043]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can deny that the New Testament has variety as well as unity. It is the variety which gives interest to the unity. What is it in which these people, differing as widely as they do, are vitally and fundamentally at one, so that through all their differences they form a brotherhood and are conscious of an indissolubale spiritual bond? There can be no doubt that that which unites them is a common relation to Christ -- a common faith in Him, involving religious convictions about Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all progress, adn the essay into a better world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is case after case on the books that have upheld the validity of flood exclusion language, exactly the language ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39195]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is case after case on the books that have upheld the validity of flood exclusion language, exactly the language Mr. Scruggs is contesting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred -- The anger of the weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred -- The anger of the weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57321]]></link><description><![CDATA[It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a good game and we played with a sense of urgency. Chesapeake was a little bit undermanned, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32744]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a good game and we played with a sense of urgency. Chesapeake was a little bit undermanned, so we can't get overconfident because of this game, but we played with a lot of energy, which I appreciate as a coach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32130]]></link><description><![CDATA[As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when thousands of Filipinos were political prisoners.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents: persons who spend half their time worrying how a child will turn out, and the rest of the time wondering when a child will turn in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24059]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of humn thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If that proves not to be possible then I think as a community we're prepared to trust to the good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38770]]></link><description><![CDATA[If that proves not to be possible then I think as a community we're prepared to trust to the good offices of the premier and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can build a business up big enough, it is respectable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5068]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can build a business up big enough, it is respectable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17893]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil and very little about human beings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53330]]></link><description><![CDATA[No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their modesty away, you would think if they ever went to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, to hear Betsy Bobbet talk about wimmin's throwin' their modesty away, you would think if they ever went to the political pole, they would have to take their dignity and modesty and throw 'em against the pole, and go without any all the rest of their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52230]]></link><description><![CDATA[...brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are slumberous poppies, Lords of Lethe downs,  Some awake and some asleep,   Sleeping in our crowns. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47683]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are slumberous poppies, Lords of Lethe downs,  Some awake and some asleep,   Sleeping in our crowns.    What perchance our dreams may know,     Let our serious may know.   - Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37328]]></link><description><![CDATA[We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are so many little dyings that it doesn't matter which of them is death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11188]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are so many little dyings that it doesn't matter which of them is death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were together almost every day this summer. Between weightlifting and practices and the camps, we all really got to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39785]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were together almost every day this summer. Between weightlifting and practices and the camps, we all really got to know each other and become good friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33031]]></link><description><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60952]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a tremendous strength that is growing in the world through... sharing together, praying together, suffering together, and working together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mockery king of snow. -King Richard II. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55828]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mockery king of snow. -King Richard II. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December, how  In this our pinching cave shall we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11570]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December, how  In this our pinching cave shall we discourse   The freezing hours away?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young man, there is America--which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young man, there is America--which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had Tibet not fallen away from dharmaChina could not have invaded.(in reference to violation of Buddha'sforbidding animal slaughter). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had Tibet not fallen away from dharmaChina could not have invaded.(in reference to violation of Buddha'sforbidding animal slaughter).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23672]]></link><description><![CDATA[A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know Nike wants to actively pursue him and try to get him over to Nike. You know how the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29637]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know Nike wants to actively pursue him and try to get him over to Nike. You know how the shoe war situation is. We've been a Nike A.A.U. team for a long time. If somehow within all these parameters we can accommodate him to Nike, that would be great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During this period he has always been extremely fair in working with us to keep the cost at a minimum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35562]]></link><description><![CDATA[During this period he has always been extremely fair in working with us to keep the cost at a minimum while providing maximum exposure. He was instrumental in developing an Air Force Reserve Player of the Game' award presented at all home games. He has promoted Military Appreciation Days and first pitch opportunities for all branches of the military. His patriotism is second to none, and his marketing expertise has greatly benefited the 302nd Airlift Wing recruiting effort over the past ten years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They want to have everything but can't afford it. Their belief is that home prices will go up, and their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35895]]></link><description><![CDATA[They want to have everything but can't afford it. Their belief is that home prices will go up, and their income will go up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ZOOLOGY, n. The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly ("Musca maledicta"). The father ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62686]]></link><description><![CDATA[ZOOLOGY, n. The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly ("Musca maledicta"). The father of Zoology was Aristotle, as is universally conceded, but the name of its mother has not come down to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roger Normand:Bomb now. Die later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roger Normand:Bomb now. Die later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't think we need this stuff, but we work hard during the school year, so we reward ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35556]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't think we need this stuff, but we work hard during the school year, so we reward ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearthfor her magnetizes to your home those who love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh a cockroach is better luck than a cricket upon the hearthfor her magnetizes to your home those who love every heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion follows close on mistrust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion follows close on mistrust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58424</guid></item></channel></rss>