<?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 great poet has seldom sung of lawfully wedded happiness, but of free and secret love; and in this respect, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26440]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great poet has seldom sung of lawfully wedded happiness, but of free and secret love; and in this respect, too the time is coming when there will no longer be one standard of morality for poetry and another for life. To anyone tender of conscience, the ties formed by a free connection are stronger than the legal ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's going to take awhile, I know. City engineers as well as the [Army] Corps of Engineers are working right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38112]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's going to take awhile, I know. City engineers as well as the [Army] Corps of Engineers are working right now to dredge out an area around Pier 6 so we can bring in barges and help facilitate the removal of the debris. But it's going to take months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, nut-brown partridges! Ah, brilliant pheasants! And ah, ye poachers!--'Tis no sport for peasants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, nut-brown partridges! Ah, brilliant pheasants! And ah, ye poachers!--'Tis no sport for peasants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it hit the civic center floor, water gushed out like a geyser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40506]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it hit the civic center floor, water gushed out like a geyser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is halfe spent before we know what it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By doing nothing we learne to do ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49168]]></link><description><![CDATA[By doing nothing we learne to do ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65714]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast;  The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4398]]></link><description><![CDATA[But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast;  The breath of Heaven must swell the sail,   Or all the toil is lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I support his race for Congress and I hope he'll be our next representative in Washington. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34148]]></link><description><![CDATA[I support his race for Congress and I hope he'll be our next representative in Washington.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are able because they think they are able. [Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are able because they think they are able. [Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder why he shot me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24131]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder why he shot me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  By giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  By giving humans freedom of will, the Creator has chosen to limit His own power. He risked the daring experiment of giving us the freedom to make good or bad decisions, to live decent or evil lives, because God does not want the forced obedience of slaves. Instead, He covets the voluntary love and obedience of sons who love Him for Himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been involved with college baseball for 30 years, and this is something that's always come up, but nobody's ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38781]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been involved with college baseball for 30 years, and this is something that's always come up, but nobody's ever acted on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of will power has caused more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On behalf of all of those who have a special place in their hearts for Vail Mountain, I would like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28403]]></link><description><![CDATA[On behalf of all of those who have a special place in their hearts for Vail Mountain, I would like to thank and congratulate the many law enforcement bodies who worked so hard over such a long period of time to find the individuals who are allegedly responsible for the shocking Vail arson in 1998.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we? [Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we? [Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13743]]></link><description><![CDATA[I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10960]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44481]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5836]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose,  Working so grossly in a natural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose,  Working so grossly in a natural cause   That admiration did not whoop at them;    But thou, 'gainst all proportion, didst bring in     Wonder to wait on treason and on murder;      And whatsoever cunning fiend it was       That wrought upon thee so preposterously        Hath got the voice in hell for excellence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4562]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is fair to say he has had a tremendous positive impact on my life and my business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34010]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is fair to say he has had a tremendous positive impact on my life and my business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think the last goal was the point where things changed, I shouldn't have taken the two minutes, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32957]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think the last goal was the point where things changed, I shouldn't have taken the two minutes, and I should have stopped more pucks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The men who make history have not time to write it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The men who make history have not time to write it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every situation-nay, every moment-is of infinite worth; for it is therepresentative of a whole eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every situation-nay, every moment-is of infinite worth; for it is therepresentative of a whole eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to think that economies of scale make this more plausible. We've created a behemoth in the card industry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32292]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to think that economies of scale make this more plausible. We've created a behemoth in the card industry through this merger, and things like this seem like a natural progression going forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not at all surprised that the rebels are not accepting the peace deal. Why should they? It's never going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38778]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not at all surprised that the rebels are not accepting the peace deal. Why should they? It's never going to be implemented. The government is just going to undermine it every way they can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63802]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do have aircraft in that area making drops, but with the coming of nightfall, we'll have to ground those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32334]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do have aircraft in that area making drops, but with the coming of nightfall, we'll have to ground those shortly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a myriad of immigration laws that, when looked at through the common sense of justice, don't add up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42182]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a myriad of immigration laws that, when looked at through the common sense of justice, don't add up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing a thing well is often a waste of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11831]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love -- any love -- reveals us in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2162]]></link><description><![CDATA[One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love -- any love -- reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20130]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough. - The House of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1026]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough. - The House of Gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59002]]></link><description><![CDATA[These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. -Zen saying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. -Zen saying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought never to do wrong when people are looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62456]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought never to do wrong when people are looking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to talking to Mike. I'm hoping for a positive outcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30753]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to talking to Mike. I'm hoping for a positive outcome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Count your age with friends but not with years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43238]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43238</guid></item></channel></rss>