<?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 young Apollo, golden haired, Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,  Magnificently unprepared   For the long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62571]]></link><description><![CDATA[A young Apollo, golden haired, Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,  Magnificently unprepared   For the long littleness of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the Blue-White game because it gives us that almost-game mentality and you have fans out there -- I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37434]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the Blue-White game because it gives us that almost-game mentality and you have fans out there -- I love it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to wear out than to rust out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to wear out than to rust out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17040]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not stones, nor wood, nor the art of artisans make a state; but where men are who know how to take care of themselves, these are cities and walls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,  By the magic of ale ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,  By the magic of ale and cider.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a question of us losing anymore. Now, we're going into the game knowing that we can win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36100]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a question of us losing anymore. Now, we're going into the game knowing that we can win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that can be invented, has been invented. - 1899. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that can be invented, has been invented. - 1899.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And to hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast, and calm repose.  . . . .  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61390]]></link><description><![CDATA[And to hie him home, at evening's close, To sweet repast, and calm repose.  . . . .   From toil we wins his spirits light,    From busy day the peaceful night;     Rich, from the very want of wealth,      In heaven's best treasures, peace and health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63880]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24806]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The CIS is a political collaboration, a forum of political communication, and is very useful for Georgia. But we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The CIS is a political collaboration, a forum of political communication, and is very useful for Georgia. But we are not considering the CIS from a military perspective, and our main aim is to join NATO.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53164]]></link><description><![CDATA[An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14761]]></link><description><![CDATA[In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For talk six times with the same single lady, And you may get the wedding dress ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26558]]></link><description><![CDATA[For talk six times with the same single lady, And you may get the wedding dress ready.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punctuality is the art of guessing how late the other fellow is going to be ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punctuality is the art of guessing how late the other fellow is going to be]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will please though ten times repeated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50287]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will please though ten times repeated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9739]]></link><description><![CDATA[It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature goes her own way and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been close to decision-making for a long time and observed several prime ministers. He's had all the training that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34783]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been close to decision-making for a long time and observed several prime ministers. He's had all the training that's required and he certainly has the capabilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64661]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very much a summer market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30649]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very much a summer market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1687]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, really, this appears the common case Of putting too much Sabbath into Sunday--  But what is your opinion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, really, this appears the common case Of putting too much Sabbath into Sunday--  But what is your opinion, Mrs. Grundy?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61208]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the motive be in the deed and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our defense stepped up in the third quarter, and Missy hitting those two shots were just huge. It gave us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our defense stepped up in the third quarter, and Missy hitting those two shots were just huge. It gave us some breathing room and we were able to make some adjustments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a good spot because the game wasn't on the line at that point. It wasn't like if he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35539]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a good spot because the game wasn't on the line at that point. It wasn't like if he made an out we would lose. Even if he didn't get the hit, we'd still have the lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women tend to wear clothes that are too tight, and men tend to wear clothes that are too loose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women tend to wear clothes that are too tight, and men tend to wear clothes that are too loose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proximity of the Bay Area's 7 million residents places our local parks under intense pressure from residential development on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39576]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proximity of the Bay Area's 7 million residents places our local parks under intense pressure from residential development on their boundaries. Such development disrupts the natural rhythm of the forest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60554]]></link><description><![CDATA[His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sublime Philosophy! Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;  And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!   We see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sublime Philosophy! Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;  And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!   We see thee like the patriarch, but in dreams,    By the first step,--dull slumbering on the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The believer is happy; the doubter is wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12772]]></link><description><![CDATA[The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49570]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32001]]></link><description><![CDATA[One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a large slice, of course, of the 20th century; and another, curious layer which may possibly have been the 21st.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique, Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49939]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique, Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37199]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose (of the meetings) is to re-establish an environment dedicated to caring for the people you serve, the sick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose (of the meetings) is to re-establish an environment dedicated to caring for the people you serve, the sick and afflicted, ... (It) is not to provide a forum to fight about the past, substantiate or disprove allegations made in both directions or continue the same destructive path that has led to the involvement of my office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57186]]></link><description><![CDATA[A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew, Thou mak'st thy knife keen; but no metal can--  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew, Thou mak'st thy knife keen; but no metal can--  No, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness   Of thy sharp envy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50271]]></link><description><![CDATA[In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Jack Winslow, Missionary, Evangelist, 1974  What will move you? Will pity? Here is distress never the like. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Jack Winslow, Missionary, Evangelist, 1974  What will move you? Will pity? Here is distress never the like. Will duty? Here is a person never the like. Will fear? Here is wrath never the like. Will remorse? Here are sins never the like. Will kindness? Here is love never the like. Will bounty? Here are benefits never the like. Will all these? Here they be all, all in the highest degree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14276]]></link><description><![CDATA[No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War will cease when men refuse to fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27657]]></link><description><![CDATA[War will cease when men refuse to fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27657</guid></item></channel></rss>