<?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[The sense of death is most in apprehension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sense of death is most in apprehension.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two tragedies in life. One is not get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11991]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two tragedies in life. One is not get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52916]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No object is mysterious. The mystery is in your eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43561]]></link><description><![CDATA[No object is mysterious. The mystery is in your eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One is only afraid of the people one cares for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5248]]></link><description><![CDATA[One is only afraid of the people one cares for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53415]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have measured many a mile To tread a measure with you on this grass. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55502]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have measured many a mile To tread a measure with you on this grass. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always in season for old men to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64408]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always in season for old men to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876   We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience... It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nancy and I had a couple dreams when we opened three years ago. To get (renowned blues artist) Tommy Castro ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nancy and I had a couple dreams when we opened three years ago. To get (renowned blues artist) Tommy Castro and David Allan Coe to perform. Tommy and his band played here last spring and now David.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[because it's not about punching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28702]]></link><description><![CDATA[because it's not about punching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are found and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears leisurely lick their clubs into shape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38812]]></link><description><![CDATA[[That, she said, was because, while Baton Rouge escaped most of the damage suffered by the Big Easy, it was a primary evacuation point for residents from the more southerly parishes -- counties -- of Louisiana.] So there were more people, ... and so there was more crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think there's very much difference between Murray State, which is picked to win, and Morehead State [which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32297]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think there's very much difference between Murray State, which is picked to win, and Morehead State [which is picked last].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only reward of virtue is virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only reward of virtue is virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15332]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never say "oops" in the operating room. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never say "oops" in the operating room.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played our best game of the year tonight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31309]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played our best game of the year tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46272]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48013]]></link><description><![CDATA[A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25580]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things--either to lose your loan or lose your friend. [Lat., Si quis mutuum quid dederit, sit pro proprio perditum;  Cum repetas, inimicum amicum beneficio invenis tuo.   Si mage exigere cupias, duarum rerum exoritur optio;    Vel illud, quod credideris perdas, vel illum amicum, amiseris.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49548]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53331]]></link><description><![CDATA[One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had to decide right now, it would be between Kansas, Indiana and Baylor. I am not ready to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32711]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had to decide right now, it would be between Kansas, Indiana and Baylor. I am not ready to make a decision now. I just want to finish out the season, and then I will be ready to make a decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She shut us down, then Lauren Atwood got a rocket single off of her to start the third and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39833]]></link><description><![CDATA[She shut us down, then Lauren Atwood got a rocket single off of her to start the third and it showed everyone that we could hit off of her. We've really been hitting the ball well. Her hit opened the game. She's really worked hard and she's contributing every time I put her in the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He serves me most who serves his country best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45786]]></link><description><![CDATA[He serves me most who serves his country best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness hates the timid! So does science! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness hates the timid! So does science!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We used the same strategy that we've used the last three or four games. But once again, I think it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36101]]></link><description><![CDATA[We used the same strategy that we've used the last three or four games. But once again, I think it was the hard work and the focus that's showing what type of team we really are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wear a smile and have friends, wear a scowl and have wrinkles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wear a smile and have friends, wear a scowl and have wrinkles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art thou a magistrate? then be severe: If studious, copy fair what time hath blurr'd,  Redeem truth from his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art thou a magistrate? then be severe: If studious, copy fair what time hath blurr'd,  Redeem truth from his jaws: if a soldier,   Chase brave employments with a naked sword    Throughout the world. Fool not, for all may have     If they dare try, a glorious life, or grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast;  And the woods against a stormy sky,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast;  And the woods against a stormy sky,   Their giant branches toss'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of pressure, a lot of energy in this event. It's very difficult to keep from getting over-excited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30056]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of pressure, a lot of energy in this event. It's very difficult to keep from getting over-excited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From what we've been seeing tonight, we'll definitely do it again. It's definitely a keeper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33229]]></link><description><![CDATA[From what we've been seeing tonight, we'll definitely do it again. It's definitely a keeper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insults should be written in sand, compliments should be carved in stone]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19483]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest inventions were produced in the times of ignorance, as the use of the compass, gunpowder, and printing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you aresmarter than they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22082]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you aresmarter than they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applaud friends, the comedy is over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applaud friends, the comedy is over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose one could construct Madame Clarkson's very active involvement in these last few days and her coming to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38455]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose one could construct Madame Clarkson's very active involvement in these last few days and her coming to the ceremony as wanting to support the office and the institution in the face of some controversy that's been around Madame Jean, and a desire to be visible in support of her,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50267]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will not actively pursue a US acquisition, and that is a significant change from where we were before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40650]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will not actively pursue a US acquisition, and that is a significant change from where we were before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is harmony. Harmony is the analogy of contrary and of similar elements of tone, of color and of line, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is harmony. Harmony is the analogy of contrary and of similar elements of tone, of color and of line, conditioned by the dominate key, and under the influence of a particular light, in gay, calm, or sad combinations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18759</guid></item></channel></rss>