<?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[I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27770]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moving moon went up to the sky, And nowhere did abide;  Softly she was going up,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43069]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moving moon went up to the sky, And nowhere did abide;  Softly she was going up,   And a star or two beside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18799]]></link><description><![CDATA[You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skiing: I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skiing: I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5891]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49994]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a fair day open the window, but make you ready as to a foule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61749]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17293]]></link><description><![CDATA[I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46434]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46925]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your speech, Bush, is full of lies and full of unreasonable argument, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your speech, Bush, is full of lies and full of unreasonable argument,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mocking the air with colours idly spread. -King John. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mocking the air with colours idly spread. -King John. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You could call 'show biz,' filmmaking, the original arena for outsourcing because ever since I've been making movies, Hollywood has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34215]]></link><description><![CDATA[You could call 'show biz,' filmmaking, the original arena for outsourcing because ever since I've been making movies, Hollywood has been threatened with outsourcing, be it Italy, be it Australia, New Zealand, and certainly, Canada.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's our bread and butter. Sometimes it's good and it was good tonight. The first time we played them they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32525]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's our bread and butter. Sometimes it's good and it was good tonight. The first time we played them they handled it very well and last Friday they played it well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good things soon find a purchaser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good things soon find a purchaser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year we didn't shave or fully taper until state and we went from being ranked in the low 20s ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year we didn't shave or fully taper until state and we went from being ranked in the low 20s to finishing eighth in the 200 free relay. This year, who knows how much time we can drop. I don't know if Fenwick shaved and tapered for sectionals or not - I have no idea. But we're shooting for No. 1, and I think it's an attainable goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64108]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14533]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has been remanded into judicial custody until August 27, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29899]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has been remanded into judicial custody until August 27,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31256]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from Day 1. We knew it would be a tight race and it will probably come down to the last three games of the season against these guys. They're two good teams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's kind of a mess, and they wanted some fix. This would be a good fix. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38381]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's kind of a mess, and they wanted some fix. This would be a good fix.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft remonstrance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51802]]></link><description><![CDATA[He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft remonstrance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And if you can be merry then, I'll say A man may weep upon his wedding day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27416]]></link><description><![CDATA[And if you can be merry then, I'll say A man may weep upon his wedding day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whom he means to make an often guest, One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18427]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whom he means to make an often guest, One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200  [God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200  [God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship", for power alone was never yet worthy of prayer; but that He may say thus: "Look, my children, you will never be strong but with my strength. I have no other to give you. And that you can get only by trusting in me. I can not give it you any other way. There is no other way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a one-way street, and we are not coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a one-way street, and we are not coming back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's crazy and it just got crazier, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37654]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's crazy and it just got crazier,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adultery - Two wrong people doing the right thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adultery - Two wrong people doing the right thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27584]]></link><description><![CDATA[People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze most softly lulling to my soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze most softly lulling to my soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me  Water with berries in't; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3404]]></link><description><![CDATA[When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me  Water with berries in't; and teach me how   To name the bigger light, and how the less,    That burn by day and night; and then I loved thee     And showed thee all the qualities o' th' isle,      The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Build me straight. O worthy Master! Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel  That shall laugh at all disaster,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Build me straight. O worthy Master! Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel  That shall laugh at all disaster,   And with wave and whirlwind wrestle!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65119]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I talk to college students about Spy, it's like I'm describing something that happened in the 19th century. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40284]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I talk to college students about Spy, it's like I'm describing something that happened in the 19th century. We were very lucky. We started Spy at a time when our generation had arrived at full adulthood and wanted to connect to its anti-establishment youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Various kinds of ideas can be classified by their relationship to the authentication process. There are ideas systematically prepared for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Various kinds of ideas can be classified by their relationship to the authentication process. There are ideas systematically prepared for authentication ("theories"), ideas not derived from any systematic process ("visions"), ideas which could not survive any reasonable authentication process ("illusions"), ideas which exempt themselves from any authentication process ("myths"), ideas which have already passed authentication processes ("facts"), as well as ideas known to have failed- or certain to fail- such processes ("falsehoods" - both mistakes and lies).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47137</guid></item></channel></rss>