<?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[Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.   - Ralph ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.   - Ralph Waldo Emerson,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was fascinating for me to drive with Lies through the country roads. I also got to know Vienna again ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40644]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was fascinating for me to drive with Lies through the country roads. I also got to know Vienna again by driving through my home town by car.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And castels buylt above in lofty skies, Which never yet had good foundation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20518]]></link><description><![CDATA[And castels buylt above in lofty skies, Which never yet had good foundation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big waters alone, although some friends think I shouldn't. Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20265]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would still say "no" to war. For one does not create a human society on mounds of corpses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12518]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth was made so various, that the mind of desultory man, studious of change, and pleased with novelty, might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth was made so various, that the mind of desultory man, studious of change, and pleased with novelty, might be indulged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that gives me small gifts would have me live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49341]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that gives me small gifts would have me live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23404]]></link><description><![CDATA[The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44710]]></link><description><![CDATA[A witty statesman said, you might prove anything by figures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spontaneity is only a term for man's ignorance of the gods]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all about good taste, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35794]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all about good taste,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is the seed of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is the seed of money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47061]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions,  Setting endeavor in continual motion;   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions,  Setting endeavor in continual motion;   To which is fixed as an aim or butt    Obedience; for so work the honeybees,     Creatures that by a rule in nature teach      The act of order to a peopled kingdom.       They have a king, and officers of sorts,        Where some like magistrates correct at home,         Others like merchants venture trade abroad,          Others like soldiers armed in their stings           Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds,            Which pillage they with merry march bring home             To the tent-royal of their emperor,              Who, busied in his majesties, surveys               The singing masons building roofs of gold,                The civil citizens kneading up the honey,                 The poor mechanic porters crowding in                  Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate,                   The sad-eyed justice with his surly hum                    Delivering o'er to executors pale                     The lazy yawning drone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50704]]></link><description><![CDATA[A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just had to tell the stories of these amazing volunteers, who left their families and jobs in some case ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41002]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just had to tell the stories of these amazing volunteers, who left their families and jobs in some case to work around the clock at the most dangerous disaster site in historyÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€ÂGround Zero.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10932]]></link><description><![CDATA[No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This went from being a standard funeral to being an all-star game of American politics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39022]]></link><description><![CDATA[This went from being a standard funeral to being an all-star game of American politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7569]]></link><description><![CDATA[For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young people everywhere have been allowed to choose between love and a garbage disposal unit. Everywhere they have chosen the garbage disposal unit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like anything else. If you don't use it, you're going to lose it. Excessive throwing never hurts a pitcher's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34357]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like anything else. If you don't use it, you're going to lose it. Excessive throwing never hurts a pitcher's arm; it's the lack of throwing that hurts the arm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13395]]></link><description><![CDATA["Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied, "and the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the pearly shell That murmurs of the far-off, murmuring sea;  A precious jewel carved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46763]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the pearly shell That murmurs of the far-off, murmuring sea;  A precious jewel carved most curiously;   It is a little picture painted well.    What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the tear that fell     From a great poet's hidden ecstasy;      A two-edged sword, a star, a song--ah me!       Sometimes a heavy tolling funeral bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that Aberdeen Airport will do everything possible to be a good neighbour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30545]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that Aberdeen Airport will do everything possible to be a good neighbour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33]]></link><description><![CDATA[Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressure for pressure. That was one of the things we talked about in the locker room. Benet is known for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressure for pressure. That was one of the things we talked about in the locker room. Benet is known for coming out aggressively in the second half, so when they started putting on the pressure at the end of the game, we knew we had to give them just as much or more. And that's what we tried to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10783]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23104]]></link><description><![CDATA[For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pardon him as God shall pardon me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16518]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pardon him as God shall pardon me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14646]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25191]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sit within a helmless bark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sit within a helmless bark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names,  Telling their strange and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26700]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names,  Telling their strange and vigorous faculties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to pinch, ... We want to make a circle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28987]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to pinch, ... We want to make a circle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate!  Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cursed Mammon be, when he with treasures To restless action spurs our fate!  Cursed when for soft, indulgent leisures,   He lays for us the pillows straight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a dignity in dying that doctors should not dare to deny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11412]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a dignity in dying that doctors should not dare to deny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to take care of the games against Dallas. These games against Dallas are going to be big swings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31572]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to take care of the games against Dallas. These games against Dallas are going to be big swings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are those that nought expect, For they shall not be disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are those that nought expect, For they shall not be disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white skinned at the blackamoor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white skinned at the blackamoor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saddle your dreams before you ride em. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saddle your dreams before you ride em.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The numbers were right on target, but you got [the price of] oil taking off, approaching $26 a barrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30767]]></link><description><![CDATA[The numbers were right on target, but you got [the price of] oil taking off, approaching $26 a barrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/894]]></link><description><![CDATA[My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anticipation makes the pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anticipation makes the pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are of no account, that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are of no account, that you are a nobody and must live as you are told by other people who desire and think for you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12205</guid></item></channel></rss>