<?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[When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry. -Thomas Haliburton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2599]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry. -Thomas Haliburton.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very common story. They're two very hard-working parents who have careers. They have aspirations. They're working extremely hard, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32240]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very common story. They're two very hard-working parents who have careers. They have aspirations. They're working extremely hard, but they have children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can have all he desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51172]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can have all he desires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No choice amongst stinking fish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51015]]></link><description><![CDATA[No choice amongst stinking fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With various people complaining about "price gouging... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58686]]></link><description><![CDATA[With various people complaining about "price gouging... economist Walter Williams has coined a new term: "Tax gouging." But government is never accused of either "greed" or "gouging" — not even when they bulldoze people's homes in order to turn the land over to businesses that will pay more taxes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The other night [in a loss to Philadelphia], we didn't do what we needed to do offensively. No matter how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The other night [in a loss to Philadelphia], we didn't do what we needed to do offensively. No matter how much I play, I want to do a better job of helping change that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got a text message from (ISU assistant) coach (Todd) Fitch that said 'Congratulations, today is the day you've been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29736]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got a text message from (ISU assistant) coach (Todd) Fitch that said 'Congratulations, today is the day you've been waiting for' and it really has been. I'm finally a part of the Cyclone family. I guess I was before, but now I really am part of the team. It's a great day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomats are just as essential in starting a war as soldiers are in finishing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are my honey, honeysuckle, I am the bee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3902]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are my honey, honeysuckle, I am the bee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nightingale appear'd the first, And as her melody she sang,  The apple into blossom burst,   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44545]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nightingale appear'd the first, And as her melody she sang,  The apple into blossom burst,   To life the grass and violets sprang.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of the world's problems will have a solution until the world's individuals become thoroughly self-educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48318]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of the world's problems will have a solution until the world's individuals become thoroughly self-educated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54394]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46037]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't angry. The captain kept cutting us off. He had a smirk on his face. His arrogance was awful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36175]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't angry. The captain kept cutting us off. He had a smirk on his face. His arrogance was awful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere motion. Small at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere motion. Small at first and in fear, she soon rises to heaven, Walks upon land and hides her head in the clouds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55967]]></link><description><![CDATA[We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53750]]></link><description><![CDATA[And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59770]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66243]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journeys end in lovers meeting, Every wise man's son doth know. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journeys end in lovers meeting, Every wise man's son doth know. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23131]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For each ecstatic instant We must an anguish pay In keen and quivering ratio To the ecstasy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13351]]></link><description><![CDATA[For each ecstatic instant We must an anguish pay In keen and quivering ratio To the ecstasy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is awesome.ÃƒÂƒÃ¢Â€Âš Everybody gets excited about this.ÃƒÂƒÃ¢Â€Âš It makes digging in all that mud worthwhile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37011]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is awesome.ÃƒÂƒÃ¢Â€Âš Everybody gets excited about this.ÃƒÂƒÃ¢Â€Âš It makes digging in all that mud worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frankly, I don't want to see a rapid upturn. I want it to hold until some of these idiotic competitors ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frankly, I don't want to see a rapid upturn. I want it to hold until some of these idiotic competitors go bust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a small, limited experience, but it has enough follow-up to show us that tissue engineering is a viable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29517]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a small, limited experience, but it has enough follow-up to show us that tissue engineering is a viable tool that will allow us to tackle problems of similar magnitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is your sex's earliest, latest care, Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60383]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is your sex's earliest, latest care, Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   The truth is that so long as we hold both sides ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   The truth is that so long as we hold both sides of the proposition together they contain nothing inconsistent with orthodoxy, but as soon as one is divorced from the other, it is bound to prove a stumbling-block. "Only those who believe obey" is what we say to that part of a believer's soul which obeys, and "only those who obey believe" is what we say to that part of the soul of the obedient which believes. If the first half of the proposition stands alone, the believer is exposed to the danger of cheap grace, which is another word for damnation. If the second half stands alone, the believer is exposed to the danger of salvation through works, which is also another word for damnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63087]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always frustrating when you get good looks and the ball doesn't go in the hole. That's what keeps you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30262]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always frustrating when you get good looks and the ball doesn't go in the hole. That's what keeps you humble in this game. If you made everything, this would be an easy game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm having the time of my life figuring out this next move. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9921]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm having the time of my life figuring out this next move.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who moves not forward, goes backward ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10259]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who moves not forward, goes backward]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60224]]></link><description><![CDATA[My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred. [Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred. [Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien paces.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62770]]></link><description><![CDATA[A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50353]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others, dissatisfied with our own.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no love sincerer than the love of food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16351]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no love sincerer than the love of food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63660]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66199]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night was our friend, our leader was Despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47046]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is full of cactus, but we don't have to sit on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3447]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3447</guid></item></channel></rss>