<?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[Blind zeal can only do harm. [Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blind zeal can only do harm. [Ger., Blinder Eifer schadet nur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12350]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Again she plunges! hark! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock;  Down on the vale of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Again she plunges! hark! a second shock Bilges the splitting vessel on the rock;  Down on the vale of death, with dismal cries,   The fated victims shuddering cast their eyes    In wild despair; while yet another stroke     With strong convulsion rends the solid oak:      Ah Heaven!--behold her crashing ribs divide!       She loosens, parts, and spreads in ruin o'er the tide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43023]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. In the slanting sun of late afternoon the shadows of great branches reached across the river, and the trees took the river in their arms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26576]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet is the priest of the invisible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46769]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet is the priest of the invisible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whither goest thou? [Lat., Quo vadis?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whither goest thou? [Lat., Quo vadis?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64635]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66068</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[It's not a matter of which is the appropriate definition to be applied, ... but what it (i.e. the action) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28456]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a matter of which is the appropriate definition to be applied, ... but what it (i.e. the action) was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They do believe that the fire began in an upper story, but it's too early for us to have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34394]]></link><description><![CDATA[They do believe that the fire began in an upper story, but it's too early for us to have a cause it's still under investigation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unicorn is a very fierce beast with only one horn. To capture it a virgin maid is placed in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56982]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unicorn is a very fierce beast with only one horn. To capture it a virgin maid is placed in the field. The unicorn approaches her, and resting in her lap, is so taken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is greedy is always in want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18292]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is greedy is always in want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the pillar that holds up the world ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the pillar that holds up the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atomic power will make electricity too cheap to meter ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Atomic power will make electricity too cheap to meter]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to steer a parked car, so get moving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18450]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to steer a parked car, so get moving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By broadening their programming (with more entertainment-oriented shows) and still keeping it under the legal drama umbrella that their niche ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30405]]></link><description><![CDATA[By broadening their programming (with more entertainment-oriented shows) and still keeping it under the legal drama umbrella that their niche is, they've been able to generate higher ratings. They've certainly raised the profile in the buying community with these types of programs, and to separate the two helps distinguish one from the other, so you have an entertainment network that's still Court TV with legal type of programming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66379]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People change, not necessarily in negative ways. Sometimes goals and intentions in life aren't aligned. It's just choices we make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22945]]></link><description><![CDATA[People change, not necessarily in negative ways. Sometimes goals and intentions in life aren't aligned. It's just choices we make in life. Otherwise, why aren't we with the person we were with in seventh grade?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. He must discipline himself not to act on problems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15921]]></link><description><![CDATA[The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. He must discipline himself not to act on problems his managers can solve, and never to act on problems when he is explicitly reviewing status. I once knew a boss who invariably picked up the phone to give orders before the end of the first paragraph in a status report. That response is guaranteed to squelch full disclosure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, And let's be red with mirth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Address yourself to entertain them sprightly, And let's be red with mirth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll always be Number 1 to myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57572]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll always be Number 1 to myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar is the grave of letters ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grammar is the grave of letters]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. [Lat., Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. [Lat., Ira furor brevis est: animum rege: qui nisi paret imperat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view.  . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61309]]></link><description><![CDATA[How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view.  . . . .   The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,    The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not. But if you think it, want it, dream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26001]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all dream a lot - some are lucky, some are not. But if you think it, want it, dream it, then it's real. You are what you feel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the next two days he will be visited by his family including his grandchildren and daughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29830]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the next two days he will be visited by his family including his grandchildren and daughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forming and breaking in the sky, I fancy all shapes are there;  Temple, mountain, monument, spire;   Ships ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forming and breaking in the sky, I fancy all shapes are there;  Temple, mountain, monument, spire;   Ships rigged out with sails of fire,    And blown by the evening air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52926]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The community really wanted to see a business in here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The community really wanted to see a business in here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This capable team will be entrusted with preparing the defense case when the trial begins and disputing its legality and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28226]]></link><description><![CDATA[This capable team will be entrusted with preparing the defense case when the trial begins and disputing its legality and procedures that deny the President justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since such uncultivated and rude simplicity inspires greater reverence for itself than any eloquence, what ought one to conclude except ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since such uncultivated and rude simplicity inspires greater reverence for itself than any eloquence, what ought one to conclude except that the force of Sacred Scripture is manifestly too powerful to need the art of words?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are beaten to earth?/ Well, well, what's that?/ Come up with a smilingface,/ It's nothing against you to fall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21646]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are beaten to earth?/ Well, well, what's that?/ Come up with a smilingface,/ It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that'sa disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of the players that will start this season were the practice players last year. They were very instrumental ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39942]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of the players that will start this season were the practice players last year. They were very instrumental in what was accomplished last season and now is their time to shine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the educated are free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the educated are free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make up his mind to be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50410]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make up his mind to be a little thrashed himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55119]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden? [Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden? [Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3502]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are material changes of the contract. We've won (that issue) twice already. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37237]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are material changes of the contract. We've won (that issue) twice already.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;  Still to my brother turns, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;  Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain,   And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55605]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was flesh and blood. She ended up being killed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32052]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was flesh and blood. She ended up being killed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For thence,--a paradox Which comforts while it mocks,--  Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail:   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45488]]></link><description><![CDATA[For thence,--a paradox Which comforts while it mocks,--  Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail:   What I aspired to be,    And was not, comforts me:     A brute I might have been, but would not sink i' the scale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45488</guid></item></channel></rss>