<?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[Honour is but an itch in youthful blood Of doing acts extravagantly good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honour is but an itch in youthful blood Of doing acts extravagantly good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15778]]></link><description><![CDATA[This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The common good comes before the private good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47249]]></link><description><![CDATA[The common good comes before the private good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting European Commission approval is a key step ... but the fact that there has been such a disconnect between ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Getting European Commission approval is a key step ... but the fact that there has been such a disconnect between the takeout price of $76 (per Guidant share) and the current share price tells you there's more uncertainty and nervousness out there than normal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some of her best work was in Dangerous Liaisons and that's what I believe as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful and so solemn. Beauty exalts, but beauty also lulls. Early associations endear, but they also confuse. Through that beautiful solemnity, the transporting or horrifying realities of which the Book tells may come to us blunted and disarmed, and we may only sigh with tranquil veneration when we ought to be burning with shame, or struck dumb with terror, or carried out of ourselves by ravishing hopes and adorations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David's outstanding experience and expertise in business banking will be a tremendous asset to our business clients and Bremer employees. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36957]]></link><description><![CDATA[David's outstanding experience and expertise in business banking will be a tremendous asset to our business clients and Bremer employees. He is the ideal person for this position, and I am thrilled to welcome David to Bremer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644  In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644  In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action -- you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things... You are not called to get to heaven, to do good, or to be good -- you are called to belong to Jesus Christ. The doing good, the being good, and the getting to heaven, are the by-products of that belonging. The center of conversion is the belonging of a person to a Person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of the 36,000 that were served by the food bank last year, food insecure was about 87 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of the 36,000 that were served by the food bank last year, food insecure was about 87 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile when it hurts most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smile when it hurts most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4672]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good the have a hatch before the durre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51973]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good the have a hatch before the durre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for that behavior, which tend on balance to lead people to create rather than destroy. Humans are, on net balance, builders rather than destroyers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's linkage I'm talking about, and harmonies and structures, And all the various things that lock our wrists to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45693]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's linkage I'm talking about, and harmonies and structures, And all the various things that lock our wrists to the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27040]]></link><description><![CDATA[I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lover without discretion is no lover at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12456]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lover without discretion is no lover at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10753]]></link><description><![CDATA[People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This day was yesterday to-morrow nam'd: To-morrow shall be yesterday proclaimed:  To-morrow not yet come, not far away,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59463]]></link><description><![CDATA[This day was yesterday to-morrow nam'd: To-morrow shall be yesterday proclaimed:  To-morrow not yet come, not far away,   What shall to-morrow then be call'd? To-day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25380]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes. - Don Quixote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While many a glowworm in the shade Lights up her love torch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17576]]></link><description><![CDATA[While many a glowworm in the shade Lights up her love torch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25568]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil ~~Must be draggin' you along]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent ability--if it's not clouded by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1611]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent ability--if it's not clouded by convention--to appreciate authentic beauty in all forms, whether we like it or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this respect, I have called before these attacks for halting these operations so that people will not believe the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36214]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this respect, I have called before these attacks for halting these operations so that people will not believe the attacks are aimed at preventing them from participating in the referendum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything went according to plan, as we were counting on Sastre, Peron and Piil to do really well today and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything went according to plan, as we were counting on Sastre, Peron and Piil to do really well today and at the last intermediate time it even looked as if Sastre might take the second place, but unfortunately he stalled a bit towards the end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kind of think too much, I try do too many things at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63973]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kind of think too much, I try do too many things at once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like champagne. When you listen to it, you start to sway with the tune. It works as well today ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31583]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like champagne. When you listen to it, you start to sway with the tune. It works as well today as it ever did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men have more consideration for themselves than for others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51733]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is not determined by majority vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is not determined by majority vote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52825]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is like a sixth sense, and you can't make use of the other five without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is like a sixth sense, and you can't make use of the other five without it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56675]]></link><description><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've won a lot of games in a lot of different ways. Buzzer-beaters, last-second shots. We've had our chances, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32544]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've won a lot of games in a lot of different ways. Buzzer-beaters, last-second shots. We've had our chances, we just haven't been able to get over the hump the last few years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2385]]></link><description><![CDATA[America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Thanksgiving is the language of heaven, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  Thanksgiving is the language of heaven, and we had better start to learn it if we are not to be mere dumb aliens there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, He would not in mine age ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my King, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan;  The tender for another's pain,   Th' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58198]]></link><description><![CDATA[To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan;  The tender for another's pain,   Th' unfeeling for his own.    Yet ah! why should they know their fate,     Since sorrow never comes too late,      And happiness too swiftly flies?       Thought would destroy their paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be no talking about money because if she does that's all that's going to be talked about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37660]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be no talking about money because if she does that's all that's going to be talked about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[F]ew things loves better Than to abhor himself-- . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15]]></link><description><![CDATA[[F]ew things loves better Than to abhor himself-- . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living on the Lawn is a privilege and a responsibility. We hope future residents will take it very seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living on the Lawn is a privilege and a responsibility. We hope future residents will take it very seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35818]]></link><description><![CDATA[I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's delays are not God's denials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21624]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's delays are not God's denials.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the throng'd levee bends the venal tribe: With fair but faithless smiles each varnish'd o'er,  Each smooth as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10456]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the throng'd levee bends the venal tribe: With fair but faithless smiles each varnish'd o'er,  Each smooth as those that mutually deceive,   And for their falsehood each despising each.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8680]]></link><description><![CDATA[In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey, which has during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose minds and bodies have been shattered by the contentions of the Great Hall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The November meeting is a very crucial one. It is a turning point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35724]]></link><description><![CDATA[The November meeting is a very crucial one. It is a turning point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35724</guid></item></channel></rss>