<?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[It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses,  When pleasant sights salute the eyes  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23569]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses,  When pleasant sights salute the eyes   And pleasant scents the noses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fickle and capricious woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51779]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fickle and capricious woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless rarely or never actually flew. They would also be perplexed if they encountered in our seas, lakes, rivers, and ponds, creatures defined as swimmers that never did any swimming. But they would be even more surprised to encounter a species defined as a thinking animal if, in fact, the creature very rarely indulged in actual thinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Senior Rob Hudson sustained his good form with a 3-under par 33 to earn medalist honors for the varsity boys, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28795]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Senior Rob Hudson sustained his good form with a 3-under par 33 to earn medalist honors for the varsity boys, causing Adams to extoll Hudsons consistency.] Hes really worked hard to make himself a Division I golfer, ... Hes gone from his bad rounds being 38 or 39 to being even par. [FCC] is a short course, but hes been able to put up those numbers at every course weve played on. Im real tickled for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dream is real, my friends. The failure to realize it is the only unreality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With his own weapon do I stab him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51756]]></link><description><![CDATA[With his own weapon do I stab him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter: I say she never did invent this letter;  This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23009]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter: I say she never did invent this letter;  This is a man's invention and his hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have had a very low standard of it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18257]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who comes up to his own idea of greatness, must always have had a very low standard of it in his mind.   - William Hazlitt,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a deception, ... What John Paul II said was that these tribunals must work according to truth, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34987]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a deception, ... What John Paul II said was that these tribunals must work according to truth, and not according to 'Oh, these people are suffering so and let us declare it invalid.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great hate follows great love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great hate follows great love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66163]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lysander when handing over the command of the fleet to Callicratidas, the Spartan, said to him, "I deliver you a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lysander when handing over the command of the fleet to Callicratidas, the Spartan, said to him, "I deliver you a fleet that is mistress of the seas."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to t'other world? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61386]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to t'other world?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's where Pfizer is crossing the line here a little bit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39573]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's where Pfizer is crossing the line here a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of difficulties grow miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of difficulties grow miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14276]]></link><description><![CDATA[No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there's nae luck about the house; There's nae luck at aw;  There's little pleasure in the house  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/152]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there's nae luck about the house; There's nae luck at aw;  There's little pleasure in the house   When our gudeman's awa.   - William Julius Mickle,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think the last goal was the point where things changed. I shouldn't have taken the two minutes, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32958]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think the last goal was the point where things changed. I shouldn't have taken the two minutes, and I should have stopped more pucks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officially there are 166 dead, and another 125 missing and presumed dead, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Officially there are 166 dead, and another 125 missing and presumed dead,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40476]]></link><description><![CDATA[If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/317]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know the good, we apprehend it clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Away! Away! Tempt me no more insidious love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Away! Away! Tempt me no more insidious love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A white rosebud for a guerdon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54431]]></link><description><![CDATA[A white rosebud for a guerdon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That kid was aggressive. He came after Terence, but Terence stepped it up and did his job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28351]]></link><description><![CDATA[That kid was aggressive. He came after Terence, but Terence stepped it up and did his job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tie business went into the doldrums in the mid-1990s. Now there is definitely a dress-up trend among younger consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35656]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tie business went into the doldrums in the mid-1990s. Now there is definitely a dress-up trend among younger consumers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16671]]></link><description><![CDATA[England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland.   - Mrs. Lydia Maria Child,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32860]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them, eat a penguin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We consider them to be part of the team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31172]]></link><description><![CDATA[We consider them to be part of the team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fast is the way we like it. Fort Lupton's young, but this is the closest anyone has come to us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fast is the way we like it. Fort Lupton's young, but this is the closest anyone has come to us in a dual this season. It's good to get Drake back; it gives us a good lower half. And the night went pretty much as I expected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel strongly that Regis has been a great neighbor for a very long time. The idea is great; the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31349]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel strongly that Regis has been a great neighbor for a very long time. The idea is great; the town needs more elderly housing. We are in favor of that. It's just the scope of this project we can't accept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34272]]></link><description><![CDATA[He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest of the hostages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9911]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman Which gives the stern'st good-night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45341]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman Which gives the stern'st good-night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as I accepted my captaincy I knew I wanted Marie-Laure to be my vice captain. I am so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36411]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as I accepted my captaincy I knew I wanted Marie-Laure to be my vice captain. I am so pleased that she agreed. Marie-Laure is a great friend, she has a huge amount of experience and she will bring a lot to the team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are brave, others are just too stupid to be afraid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53869]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressed into service means pressed out of shape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning has broken like the first morning, Blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morning has broken like the first morning, Blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word! Sweet the new rain's fall sunlit from heaven, Like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, Spring in completeness where His feet pass. Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning Born of the one light Eden saw play! Praise with elation, praise every morning, God's re-creation of the new day!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12991]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd love to see a place where people could get together with their animals and meet other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29349]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd love to see a place where people could get together with their animals and meet other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29349</guid></item></channel></rss>