<?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[War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61209]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What maintains one vice would bring up two children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60501]]></link><description><![CDATA[What maintains one vice would bring up two children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main thing is you just want to stay out of everybody's way, just don't want to interrupt anything. More ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41866]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main thing is you just want to stay out of everybody's way, just don't want to interrupt anything. More than anything, you just want to observe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16794]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. I wish I could. It’s like having a little pet for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. I wish I could. It’s like having a little pet for your face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543  All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they ask; yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to ask.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But lilies, stolen from grassy mold, No more curled state unfold,  Translated to a vase of gold;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25097]]></link><description><![CDATA[But lilies, stolen from grassy mold, No more curled state unfold,  Translated to a vase of gold;   In burning throne though they keep still    Serenities unthawed and chill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gas situation is a concern. But we'll meet our obligations. If the gas prices remain high, as I said, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38237]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gas situation is a concern. But we'll meet our obligations. If the gas prices remain high, as I said, we may have to look at canceling a trip or cutting the schedule down by a couple of games for next season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could have been broken, but luckily it turned out to only be a sprain. I got the boot off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37108]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could have been broken, but luckily it turned out to only be a sprain. I got the boot off and I've been riding a bike, lifting and doing treatment to get stronger. I have no clue when I'll be back but hopefully within the next two weeks. I just need time, then I need to get back into shape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may have the best-shooting backcourt in the NBA. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41965]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may have the best-shooting backcourt in the NBA.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects of what is real, and whether we see the tragic or the humorous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tragedy and comedy are but two aspects of what is real, and whether we see the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35191]]></link><description><![CDATA[A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where stray ye, Muses! in what lawn or grove, . . . .  In those fair fields where sacred ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where stray ye, Muses! in what lawn or grove, . . . .  In those fair fields where sacred Isis glides,   Or else where Cam his winding vales divides?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been a constitutional coup in the republic. A small group of irresponsible plotters and carpet-baggers in a criminal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29698]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been a constitutional coup in the republic. A small group of irresponsible plotters and carpet-baggers in a criminal way used force to capture power. An uncontrolled and destructive wave of anarchy and violence overwhelmed the capital and other cities,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/373]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thorne comes forth with the point forwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now, I see nothing. Just a lot of thick brush, a harsh terrain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now, I see nothing. Just a lot of thick brush, a harsh terrain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1669]]></link><description><![CDATA[As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61219]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This move is to put the defense team on a proper legal foundation and when the family appoints lawyers it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28225]]></link><description><![CDATA[This move is to put the defense team on a proper legal foundation and when the family appoints lawyers it then knows who is whom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger. [Fr., On ne peut repondre de son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger. [Fr., On ne peut repondre de son courage quand on n'a jamais ete dans le peril.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thomas a Kempis speaks for all the ages when he represents Jesus as saying to him, "A wise lover regards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thomas a Kempis speaks for all the ages when he represents Jesus as saying to him, "A wise lover regards not so much the gift of him who loves, as the love of him who gives. He esteems affection rather than valuables, and sets all gifts below the Beloved. A noble-minded lover rests not in the gift, but in Me above every gift." The sustaining power of the Beloved Presence has through the ages made the sickbed sweet and the graveside triumphant; transformed broken hearts and relations; brought glory to drudgery, poverty and old age; and turned the martyr's stake or noose into a place of coronation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25343]]></link><description><![CDATA[The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature, that a man, having once shown himself capable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46639]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature, that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not remember days; we remember moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27764]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not remember days; we remember moments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5613]]></link><description><![CDATA[All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of night, time out of space, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of night, time out of space, and space out of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is like a phone call in the night: first the ring, and then you wake up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49334]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never seen someone unafraid of the future, not worried about the present and someone who doesn't want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never seen someone unafraid of the future, not worried about the present and someone who doesn't want to go back to the past and correct their mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing a more pronounced dichotomy between full-featured boxes that are used by pay-TV providers to offer other services ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42649]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing a more pronounced dichotomy between full-featured boxes that are used by pay-TV providers to offer other services in addition to satellite TV reception and basic boxes for TV reception only. Advanced features include hard drives for DVR services, multiple tuners, more connectivity options, and high-definition decoding for receiving HD signals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14904]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gap may run into more competition than they think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gap may run into more competition than they think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13974]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far, we've had 7.36 inches (of rain) for the year. Normal is about 4.51, so we're well above it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38407]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far, we've had 7.36 inches (of rain) for the year. Normal is about 4.51, so we're well above it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39838]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, was certainly not cowed in covering the aftermath of Katrina.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51240]]></link><description><![CDATA[That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's almost like having a troubled child that ends up graduating from law school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31983]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's almost like having a troubled child that ends up graduating from law school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14428]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4597]]></link><description><![CDATA[A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4597</guid></item></channel></rss>