<?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[First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10569]]></link><description><![CDATA[First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57749]]></link><description><![CDATA[I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He looked like he was walking off the streets in Iraq, ... He had a bandanna on. He was very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30035]]></link><description><![CDATA[He looked like he was walking off the streets in Iraq, ... He had a bandanna on. He was very intense and serious. He laid out these wild posters across our conference room, covering most of the floor. It was an editor's dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to the second or even the third rank. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2315]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to the second or even the third rank. [Lat., Prima enim sequentem, honestumn est in secundis, tertiisque consistere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61814]]></link><description><![CDATA[His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky,  The dew shall weep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky,  The dew shall weep thy fall to-night;   For thou must die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56425]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49412]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29440]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I feel the part is right, and I know that the producers and the director want me, I'd go for broke. Always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61593]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not. [Ger., Der Mensch kann was er soll; und wenn er sagt er kann nicht, so will er nicht.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to be very expensive. We still have a lot of fundraising to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39288]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to be very expensive. We still have a lot of fundraising to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61096]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wonder of the life of Jesus is this -- and you will find it so and you have found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wonder of the life of Jesus is this -- and you will find it so and you have found it so if you have ever taken your New Testament and tried to make it the rule of your daily life -- that there is not a single action that you are called upon to do of which you need be, of which you will be, in any serious doubt for ten minutes as to what Jesus Christ, if he were here, Jesus Christ being here, would have you do under those circumstances and with the materials upon which you are called upon to act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he that will this health deny, Down among the dead men let him lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59389]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he that will this health deny, Down among the dead men let him lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For people who like that kind of a book that is the kind of book they will like ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28303]]></link><description><![CDATA[For people who like that kind of a book that is the kind of book they will like]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5371]]></link><description><![CDATA[The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the celibate amongst the inferior states of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26553]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the celibate amongst the inferior states of perfection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jody helps us out a lot, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jody helps us out a lot,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46824]]></link><description><![CDATA[All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just felt that Mark has never looked fitter when I saw him at the last training camp in Holland. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35964]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just felt that Mark has never looked fitter when I saw him at the last training camp in Holland. He's as fit as I've ever seen him, as trim as I've ever seen him and extremely sharp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goalkeeper thought Tony was going to shoot, and he stayed on his line. He passed instead, which gave me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39072]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goalkeeper thought Tony was going to shoot, and he stayed on his line. He passed instead, which gave me a pretty easy shot. I got it in, which was huge for us. We really needed to win this game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our objective now is to sustain, over the cycle, this level of pretax return on equity and double-digit earnings per ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our objective now is to sustain, over the cycle, this level of pretax return on equity and double-digit earnings per share growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In England three are sixty different religions, and only one sauce. [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes religieuses differentes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13911]]></link><description><![CDATA[In England three are sixty different religions, and only one sauce. [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes religieuses differentes, et une seule sauce.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he. "but every goose can."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This many-headed monster, Multitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52461]]></link><description><![CDATA[This many-headed monster, Multitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not done. That's the one thing at this level. Recruiting is really not done until late August. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33920]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not done. That's the one thing at this level. Recruiting is really not done until late August.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state;  Then the great man helped the poor, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then none was for a party; Than all were for the state;  Then the great man helped the poor,   And the poor man loved the great:    Then lands were fairly portioned;     Then spoils were fairly sold:      The Romans were like brothers       In the brave days of old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then the Omnipotent Father with his thunder made Olympus tremble, and from Ossa hurled Pelion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754   The Pauline teaching is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754   The Pauline teaching is the means through which God Himself wants to teach us; Paul's Epistle to the Romans is a letter from God to us, mankind today. It remains the great problem of interpretation, hitherto never entirely solved, how to unite these two things: the keen attention to what Paul wanted to say to that community then, and the search for what God wants to say to us through Paul today. In the end, the question is whether the reader will really allow God to speak to him, or whether he evades God by hiding behind "Paul", behind "the past".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27941]]></link><description><![CDATA[No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46950]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. [Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there's no motion That tends to vice in man, but I affirm  It is the woman's part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51242]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there's no motion That tends to vice in man, but I affirm  It is the woman's part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch out for emergencies. They are your big chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I knew the good of wishing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61784]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I knew the good of wishing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59278]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25217]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn't doing the same thing. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is clear, though, that the Genesis experience bolsters the previous conclusion that an MSR entry vehicle must be designed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41705]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is clear, though, that the Genesis experience bolsters the previous conclusion that an MSR entry vehicle must be designed to maintain containment of the samples in the event that a parachute or any other entry, descent, and landing deployment or actuation fails.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think not thy time short in this world, since the world itself is not long. The created world is but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think not thy time short in this world, since the world itself is not long. The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity, and a short interposition, for a time, between such a state of duration as was before it and may be after it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office. . . . It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48146]]></link><description><![CDATA[You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office. . . . It's a disease I came to call Ovalitis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48146</guid></item></channel></rss>