<?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[From our standpoint things have run pretty smoothly. We had all those bikes riding around in the rain (Saturday) night. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32886]]></link><description><![CDATA[From our standpoint things have run pretty smoothly. We had all those bikes riding around in the rain (Saturday) night. I would have anticipated more accidents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49012]]></link><description><![CDATA[A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God, how turn ye again to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5631]]></link><description><![CDATA[But now, after that ye have known God, or rather or known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No day so clear but hath dark clouds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49649]]></link><description><![CDATA[No day so clear but hath dark clouds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Bread that this house may never know hunger, salt that life may always have flavor." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20173]]></link><description><![CDATA["Bread that this house may never know hunger, salt that life may always have flavor."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1192]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that a lot of gay people feel like if you're openly gay, by doing so you're sacrificing being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28365]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that a lot of gay people feel like if you're openly gay, by doing so you're sacrificing being any kind of public figure on Howard's campus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14580]]></link><description><![CDATA[How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vain JackdawJupiter determined, it is said, to create a sovereign over the birds, and made proclamation that on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1561]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Vain JackdawJupiter determined, it is said, to create a sovereign over the birds, and made proclamation that on a certain day they should all present themselves before him, when he would himself choose the most beautiful among them to be king. The Jackdaw, knowing his own ugliness, searched through the woods and fields, and collected the feathers which had fallen from the wings of his companions, and stuck them in all parts of his body, hoping thereby to make himself the most beautiful of all. When the appointed day arrived, and the birds had assembled before Jupiter, the Jackdaw also made his appearance in his many feathered finery. But when Jupiter proposed to make him king because of the beauty of his plumage, the birds indignantly protested, and each plucked from him his own feathers, leaving the Jackdaw nothing but a Jackdaw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies have advertised ... that they're an equal opportunity company, and yet they're having difficulty finding the talented people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Companies have advertised ... that they're an equal opportunity company, and yet they're having difficulty finding the talented people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61593]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not. [Ger., Der Mensch kann was er soll; und wenn er sagt er kann nicht, so will er nicht.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitiveto the least powerful in our society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice Stevens is one of those who are most sensitiveto the least powerful in our society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clever men are good, but they are not the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clever men are good, but they are not the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of the worlds greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody agrees with anybody else anyhow, but adults conceal it and infants show it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want this issue hanging over our heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40539]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want this issue hanging over our heads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. Donald H. McGannon -Lao Tzu.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank the Lord for the air she got. God is alive. He looks after all of us. You just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33729]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank the Lord for the air she got. God is alive. He looks after all of us. You just have to have faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66047]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't remember when I had been so disappointed. Except perhaps the time I found out that M&Ms really do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27763]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't remember when I had been so disappointed. Except perhaps the time I found out that M&Ms really do melt in your hand...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22276]]></link><description><![CDATA[To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of while the visible and dense matter remains as it was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63487]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's going to take awhile, I know. City engineers as well as the [Army] Corps of Engineers are working right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38112]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's going to take awhile, I know. City engineers as well as the [Army] Corps of Engineers are working right now to dredge out an area around Pier 6 so we can bring in barges and help facilitate the removal of the debris. But it's going to take months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47037]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32125]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves,  And, like living coals, the apples  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3562]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was Autumn, and incessant Piped the quails from shocks and sheaves,  And, like living coals, the apples   Burned among the withering leaves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25520]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I worry about this game more than I do against some of the better teams. We have a tendency to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34110]]></link><description><![CDATA[I worry about this game more than I do against some of the better teams. We have a tendency to play to the level of our competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45611]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ruling passion, be it what it will, The ruling passion conquers reason still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64626]]></link><description><![CDATA[As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27065]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are only as loyal as their options. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are only as loyal as their options.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9769]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A SOBA is a client/server application done right. It is a business application that is centered on Web services standards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31352]]></link><description><![CDATA[A SOBA is a client/server application done right. It is a business application that is centered on Web services standards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the most part, the deciding factor in whether or not parents do well is how able they are to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33039]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the most part, the deciding factor in whether or not parents do well is how able they are to understand that it's the illness, not the child, creating the chaos.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For men use, if they have an evil tourne, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43047]]></link><description><![CDATA[For men use, if they have an evil tourne, to write it in marble; and whoso doth us a good tourne we will write it in duste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[people who are willing to kill animals just to satisfy their greed for meat are ultimately, really, killing themselves by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2650]]></link><description><![CDATA[people who are willing to kill animals just to satisfy their greed for meat are ultimately, really, killing themselves by their cruelty . . . that is God at workhttp://www.egroups.com/messages/christianveg.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast;  Is that portentous phrase, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast;  Is that portentous phrase, "I told you so."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48549]]></link><description><![CDATA[A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou unassuming Commonplace Of Nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou unassuming Commonplace Of Nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all crinoline and chignon.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50770]]></link><description><![CDATA[The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all crinoline and chignon.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This confirms what we have long suspected that the government is involved in putting together a deal to sell out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42457]]></link><description><![CDATA[This confirms what we have long suspected that the government is involved in putting together a deal to sell out British sovereignty and try and bounce the people of Gibraltar into accepting such a deal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18623]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18623</guid></item></channel></rss>