<?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[As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32736]]></link><description><![CDATA[As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince, give praise to our French ladies For the sweet sound their speaking carries;  'Twixt Rome and Cadiz many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prince, give praise to our French ladies For the sweet sound their speaking carries;  'Twixt Rome and Cadiz many a maid is,   But no good girl's lip out of Paris.   - Algernon Charles Swinburne,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have seen men march to the wars, and then I have watched their homeward tread,  And they brought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57146]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have seen men march to the wars, and then I have watched their homeward tread,  And they brought back bodies of living men,   But their eyes were fold and dead.    So, Buddy no matter what else the fame,     No matter what else the prize,      I want you to come back thru The Flame       With the boy-look still in your eyes!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15899]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eagles come in all shapes and sizes, but you will recognize them chiefly by their attitudes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every county gets money under this plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every county gets money under this plan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47122]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chris looked pretty good, I thought, in two playoff games. If he's over his injury -- and I think he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chris looked pretty good, I thought, in two playoff games. If he's over his injury -- and I think he is -- he could move into the spot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2300]]></link><description><![CDATA[ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of doues I haue a dainty paire Which, when you please to take the aier,  About your head shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of doues I haue a dainty paire Which, when you please to take the aier,  About your head shall gently houer,   Your cleere browe from the sunne to couer,    And with their nimble wings shall fan you     That neither cold nor heate shall tan you,      And like umbrellas, with their feathers       Sheeld you in all sorts of weathers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was kind of bare when we first came here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was kind of bare when we first came here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. - Memories and Milestones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man will not live without answers to his questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man will not live without answers to his questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34860]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was obvious we were stalling like a hurricane in the middle of the ocean, ... not going anywhere, so why not give the young guys a shot?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34860</guid></item><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[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter Morning breaks upon the tomb, Jesus scatters all its gloom. Day of triumph through the skies-- See the glorious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Easter Morning breaks upon the tomb, Jesus scatters all its gloom. Day of triumph through the skies-- See the glorious Saviour rise. Christians! Dry your flowing tears, Chase those unbelieving fears; Look on his deserted grave, Doubt no more his power to save. Ye who are of death afraid, Triumph in the scattered shade: Drive your anxious cares away, See the place where Jesus lay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095  There are a number of Hebrew words about salvation which also mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095  There are a number of Hebrew words about salvation which also mean "to bring into a spacious environment", "to be at one's ease", "to be free to develop". "Salvation" can be seen then as the new life in Christ, in which we are to be "free to develop" into Christ-like people. For this maturing to take place, there needs to be a breaking down of barriers, a breaking up of the soil of our personalities, and a healing of inner wounds and hurts. The soil is softened, the clay becomes malleable through the experience of the tender love of God and the accepting, non-judgmental love of Christians. We cannot be beaten into shape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our batting let us down but we need to come back and do better in the remaining matches. India are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our batting let us down but we need to come back and do better in the remaining matches. India are playing very well at the moment but we need to encourage each other to do better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hast thou betrayed my credulous innocence With vizor'd falsehood and base forgery? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hast thou betrayed my credulous innocence With vizor'd falsehood and base forgery?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you don't play for a month here, it's tough to keep (fans) in the groove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30747]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you don't play for a month here, it's tough to keep (fans) in the groove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47968]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very pleasing to have qualified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30668]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very pleasing to have qualified.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[because the hole is down in the ground, not up in the air. My father always told me, 'You ought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35603]]></link><description><![CDATA[because the hole is down in the ground, not up in the air. My father always told me, 'You ought to play basketball, where the hole is way up there.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26964]]></link><description><![CDATA[The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't judge a man by his opinions, but by what his opinions have made him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't judge a man by his opinions, but by what his opinions have made him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10548]]></link><description><![CDATA[You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, eyebrow ridges, big furry hands and feet. "I believe God created me in one day" Yeah, looks like He rushed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the sounds of the earth are like music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43485]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the sounds of the earth are like music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great part of the pleasure of travel lies in the fulfillment of early wishes to escape the family and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17039]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great part of the pleasure of travel lies in the fulfillment of early wishes to escape the family and especially the father]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strangers open up to you just as much as your friends, sometimes even more for whatever reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strangers open up to you just as much as your friends, sometimes even more for whatever reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man has a right in America to treat any other man "tolerantly" for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59432]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man has a right in America to treat any other man "tolerantly" for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. Our liberties are equal rights of every citizen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is oneself; Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections. There is nothing to escape from and nothing to escape to. One is always alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9412]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45847]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is a confused heap of facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19449]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is a confused heap of facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got mass merchants who are expanding their toy space and using it to drive total store volume. These discounters ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42482]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got mass merchants who are expanding their toy space and using it to drive total store volume. These discounters are not worried about the margins they make on toys. How can you compete against that?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3734]]></link><description><![CDATA[... anything a customer thinks a store is losing money on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56637]]></link><description><![CDATA[To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46122</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[By that sin fell the angels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51360]]></link><description><![CDATA[By that sin fell the angels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958   If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satisfy a few to please many is bad. [Ger., Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satisfy a few to please many is bad. [Ger., Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven hundred pounds and possibilities is good gifts. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seven hundred pounds and possibilities is good gifts. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you aresmarter than they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22082]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you aresmarter than they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57540]]></link><description><![CDATA[One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football? (asking if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries this season resulted from poor physical conditioning)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14806]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4601]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4601</guid></item></channel></rss>