<?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[A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43363]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66882]]></link><description><![CDATA[For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. - Up from Slavery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And hark! how blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher:  Come forth into the light of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59259]]></link><description><![CDATA[And hark! how blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher:  Come forth into the light of things,   Let Nature be your teacher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there,  Many a monk and many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23115]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there,  Many a monk and many a friar,   Many a knight and many a squire,    With a great many more of lesser degree,--     In sooth a goodly company;      And they served the Lord Primate on bended knee.       Never, I ween,        Was a prouder seen,         Read of in books or dreamt of in dreams,          Than the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been the longest week ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30259]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been the longest week ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just wrote 'Merry Christmas John' on my balloon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37042]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just wrote 'Merry Christmas John' on my balloon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth crushed to earth shall rise again: Th' eternal years of God are hers;  But Error, wounded, writhes in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth crushed to earth shall rise again: Th' eternal years of God are hers;  But Error, wounded, writhes in pain,   And dies among his worshippers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29801]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cinnamon bites and kisses simultaneously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pile Pelion upon Olympus. [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43307]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pile Pelion upon Olympus. [Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53173]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55992]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amid the roses, fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest; a quick-returning pang  Shoots through the conscious heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amid the roses, fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest; a quick-returning pang  Shoots through the conscious heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only reason I don't like playing in the World Series is I can't watch myself play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9517]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are no plans to replace it, since it was never needed in the first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which is analogous to the above.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to take anything away from Martins Ferry because they did a real good job. We just didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35470]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to take anything away from Martins Ferry because they did a real good job. We just didn't slam the door shut when we had some chances, but a coach once told me that a win's a win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is a dish best served cold ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is a dish best served cold]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63323]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think a tax cut would be a good thing if he has those larger ambitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41735]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think a tax cut would be a good thing if he has those larger ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25665]]></link><description><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23325]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more men ennobled by study than by nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58051]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aaron isn't afraid of confrontations. He has come so far in the last couple years. Before, he seemed to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aaron isn't afraid of confrontations. He has come so far in the last couple years. Before, he seemed to be pitching away from contact, trying to miss bats. That guy has vanished. Now, he pitches with the confidence that the batter can't get to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussions concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7996]]></link><description><![CDATA[What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussions concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be thus displeasing to the Trinity? For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man dear to God. I had rather feel contrition than be skillful in the definition thereof. If thou knewest the whole Bible, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what should this profit thee without the love and grace of God?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiscal policy is still too tight for current circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fiscal policy is still too tight for current circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dolores Stephan to me is almost as good as Phil Crane himself. She's the one who put him in office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dolores Stephan to me is almost as good as Phil Crane himself. She's the one who put him in office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, we must not look to make ourselves happy, but instead, we must strive to love others and our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18721]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, we must not look to make ourselves happy, but instead, we must strive to love others and our own happiness will come of thier satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't count the days, make the days count. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't count the days, make the days count.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be seen in the frying of the eggs. [Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54042]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be seen in the frying of the eggs. [Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whereso'er I turn my ravished eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise;  Poetic fields encompass me around, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23094]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whereso'er I turn my ravished eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise;  Poetic fields encompass me around,   And still I seem to tread on classic ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is definitely a good sign. We definitely hope this is the breakthrough we have been looking for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41543]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is definitely a good sign. We definitely hope this is the breakthrough we have been looking for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be vain of one's rank or place, is to show that one is below it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52958]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be vain of one's rank or place, is to show that one is below it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52064]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself - and thus make yourself indispensable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty. [Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae vel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty. [Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae vel frugalitatis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't see your target because of the sun, so you'll have to tell me where it (the ball) goes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39976]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't see your target because of the sun, so you'll have to tell me where it (the ball) goes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So weight loss is not easy because the body is essentially working against you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41066]]></link><description><![CDATA[So weight loss is not easy because the body is essentially working against you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning makes a good man better and an ill man worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't knock it back now it's just going to get worse and worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33558]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't knock it back now it's just going to get worse and worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33558</guid></item></channel></rss>