<?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[Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17918]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little public scandal is good once in a while. It takes the tension out of the news.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a guy that will add some depth to our organizational pitching. He'll start at Double-A, in the bullpen. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31647]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a guy that will add some depth to our organizational pitching. He'll start at Double-A, in the bullpen. He has an average to plus fastball with pretty good secondary stuff and a good mentality on the mound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or did the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string,  Drew iron tears down Pluto's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or did the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string,  Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every bees hony is sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every bees hony is sweet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had chances. Even at nine points we come out and throw the ball away three or four straight times ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33764]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had chances. Even at nine points we come out and throw the ball away three or four straight times to start the third quarter. We just got into force mode a little early and when you don't take care of the basketball, nothing good is going to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It does seem as if she's gravitated to the more mainstream causes. These are easy, and from a political standpoint, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33043]]></link><description><![CDATA[It does seem as if she's gravitated to the more mainstream causes. These are easy, and from a political standpoint, no-brainers. While the families of people with mental illnesses are voters, many people with mental illnesses are not. That's not the same for people with cancer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56293]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more sympathy you give, the less you need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66471]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more sympathy you give, the less you need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision without a task is only a dream. A task without a vision is but drudgery. But vision with a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vision without a task is only a dream. A task without a vision is but drudgery. But vision with a task is a dream fulfilled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While Washington's a watchword, such as ne'er Shall sink while there's an echo left to air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61238]]></link><description><![CDATA[While Washington's a watchword, such as ne'er Shall sink while there's an echo left to air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe; Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;  But of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe; Bold I can meet--perhaps may turn his blow;  But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send,   Save, save, oh! save me from the candid friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The umpires are closer than we are. We tried to see the replay, but it was tough to tell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The umpires are closer than we are. We tried to see the replay, but it was tough to tell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oppress'd with two weak evils, age and hunger. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oppress'd with two weak evils, age and hunger. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the worst of madness to learn what has to be unlearnt. [Lat., Extremae est dementiae discere dediscenda.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24539]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the worst of madness to learn what has to be unlearnt. [Lat., Extremae est dementiae discere dediscenda.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They hit the ball very well even though we played good defense. They got too many hits. I think we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31320]]></link><description><![CDATA[They hit the ball very well even though we played good defense. They got too many hits. I think we [also] hit the ball pretty well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Videlicit, That each man swore to do his best  To damn and perjure all the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Videlicit, That each man swore to do his best  To damn and perjure all the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53686]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laws were made to be broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laws were made to be broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail to thee, lady! and the grace of heaven, Before, behind thee, and on every hand,  Enwheel thee round! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail to thee, lady! and the grace of heaven, Before, behind thee, and on every hand,  Enwheel thee round!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40058]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi soldiers have told the Marines what the imams have blasted over loudspeakerscalls to rise up and attack the Americans. But, under strict orders, the Marines may not enter mosques or schools. They don't like it.] What I'd give to be able to look in there, ... You know they're hiding something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22480]]></link><description><![CDATA[How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulousarabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less thana god.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know why I am here and my only real focused goal is to live each day to the fullest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65056]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know why I am here and my only real focused goal is to live each day to the fullest and to try and honor God and be an encouragement to others. What the future holds is firmly in God's hands, and I am very happy about that!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56584]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep,  And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth   That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25235]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47419]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our neighborhood is so drenched in pain and blood. It's the business of the church to try to offer understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our neighborhood is so drenched in pain and blood. It's the business of the church to try to offer understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, man! defy the Devil: consider, he is an enemy to mankind. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55764]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, man! defy the Devil: consider, he is an enemy to mankind. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  In his enthusiasm, the evangelist often finds it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  In his enthusiasm, the evangelist often finds it difficult seriously to imagine that anyone could be called not to be an evangelist. The man of vision and imagination finds it difficult to see the value of those who do no more than plod on faithfully along a well-tried road. The man whose concern is in personal dealing with people and leading them to understand God better finds it difficult to be patient with the theologian or the Christian philosopher whose work is in the quiet of a book-lined study. Yet the truth is that the wholeness which God is working to achieve is never complete in an individual, but through individuals living together as one body, each supplying the deficiencies of the others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rare bird upon the earth, and exceedingly like a black swan. [Lat., Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4237]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rare bird upon the earth, and exceedingly like a black swan. [Lat., Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We needed defensive stops. But then again, to get on the board, you need to execute and move the ball ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29066]]></link><description><![CDATA[We needed defensive stops. But then again, to get on the board, you need to execute and move the ball around and run our motion like we usually do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that I am recognized as an expert in these various industries, ... Investing in Vice, The Recession-Proof Portfolio ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32404]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that I am recognized as an expert in these various industries, ... Investing in Vice, The Recession-Proof Portfolio of Booze, Bets, Bombs and Butts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like Hezekiah's, backward runs The shadow of my days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like Hezekiah's, backward runs The shadow of my days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11938]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12600]]></link><description><![CDATA[When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63230</guid></item></channel></rss>