<?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[O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world,  And rouse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45616]]></link><description><![CDATA[O that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth! Then with passion would I shake the world,  And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy   Which cannot hear a lady's feeble voice,    Which scorns a modern invocation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63240]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[full partnership ... through close coordination and consultation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36812]]></link><description><![CDATA[full partnership ... through close coordination and consultation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better--it is just turning around as usual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62224]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better--it is just turning around as usual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy and grief are never far apart. In the same street the shutters of one house are closed while the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy and grief are never far apart. In the same street the shutters of one house are closed while the curtains of the next are brushed by the shadows of the dance. A wedding party returns from the church and a funeral winds to its door. The smiles and.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look clearly into a future when there will not be many idols left to smash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice is the best of all instructors ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice is the best of all instructors]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my experience, problems most frequently arise from those who report for television, with little field experience in your area ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29010]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my experience, problems most frequently arise from those who report for television, with little field experience in your area but an insatiable appetite for a sound bite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "successmechanism" within you takes over and does the job ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22444]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "successmechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better thanyou could do it by conscious effort or "willpower.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't walk more than a couple of feet without having to stop and catch my breath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29194]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't walk more than a couple of feet without having to stop and catch my breath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1752]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to those who look back on what has passed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51639]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swiftness of time is infinite, which is the more evident to those who look back on what has passed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood--sex and the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56773]]></link><description><![CDATA[He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11269]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One good analogy is worth three hours discussion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1933]]></link><description><![CDATA[One good analogy is worth three hours discussion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46808]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One night, at the latter end of April 1665, the family of a citizen of London carrying on an extensive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4629]]></link><description><![CDATA[One night, at the latter end of April 1665, the family of a citizen of London carrying on an extensive business as a grocer in Wood Street, Cheapside, were assembled, according to custom, at prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know a trick worth two of that. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55848]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know a trick worth two of that. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist  Keep clear of concealment -- keep clear of the need of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist  Keep clear of concealment -- keep clear of the need of concealment. It is an awful hour when the first necessity of hiding something comes. The whole life is different thenceforth. When there are questions to be feared and eyes to be avoided and subjects which must not be touched, the bloom of life is gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2459]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the pageant marches at all hours, with music and banner and badge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid revolution or expect to get shot. Mother and I will grieve, but we will gladly buy a dinner for the National Guardsman who shot you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19299]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me,  And gone my bier ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58783]]></link><description><![CDATA[And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me,  And gone my bier ye come to weep,   Let One, most loving of you all,    Say, "Not a tear must o'er her fall;     He giveth His beloved sleep."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head;  For men, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head;  For men, by their example, pattern out   Their limitations, and regard of laws:    A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the things I do, acting is the thing that grabs most, but there's another level on which it strikes me as being a little silly. In the end you're dressing up and deciding to be somebody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business is more exciting than any game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business is more exciting than any game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was poise and not being tough enough yet as a young team to handle a lead on the road. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32299]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was poise and not being tough enough yet as a young team to handle a lead on the road. We had people trying to do too much, taking shots too quickly. ... Basketball is a game of runs and we've got to work to shorten the opponent's runs from five minutes to two minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. -Aristotle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. -Aristotle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strike, but hear me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strike, but hear me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever controls the media - the images - controls the culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever controls the media - the images - controls the culture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not sure if he's done growing. He has a chance to really be good. He's got tools and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35369]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not sure if he's done growing. He has a chance to really be good. He's got tools and a very good attitude. He's an A-B student. He has tremendous upside. You want to nurture him and bring him along, hope he stays hungry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never be too slow when you try to deal with public safety, because as we've seen in other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29473]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never be too slow when you try to deal with public safety, because as we've seen in other historic periods where we've cut dramatically the size of the police force, there's been a concomitant increase ... in crime, ... You can't compromise public safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is essential that the US government guarantees his safety when he visits this country in the future, including his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30107]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is essential that the US government guarantees his safety when he visits this country in the future, including his scheduled visit to the United Nations in New York,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26656]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4556]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words and books that is terrifying for that is the deeper extinction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a nice plump missionary]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hath the pearl less whiteness Because of its birth?  Hath the violet less brightness   For growing near ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hath the pearl less whiteness Because of its birth?  Hath the violet less brightness   For growing near earth?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew what to do, we just had to calm down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35497]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew what to do, we just had to calm down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The loss which is unknown is no loss at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25584]]></link><description><![CDATA[The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This whole country runs on fuel, but our industry for sure, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35016]]></link><description><![CDATA[This whole country runs on fuel, but our industry for sure,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21754]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bow is bent, the arrow flies, The winged shaft of fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15371]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bow is bent, the arrow flies, The winged shaft of fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15371</guid></item></channel></rss>