<?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[As the longfingered sunreaches out to toucha cloistered trillium or a lake trembles inthe light of moon and starsso can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43492]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the longfingered sunreaches out to toucha cloistered trillium or a lake trembles inthe light of moon and starsso can a poet's long rainbowof wordsplay our heartstrings from afar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This could potentially increase the gridlock in Collier, which is already bad, and negate the progress they've made in recent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39730]]></link><description><![CDATA[This could potentially increase the gridlock in Collier, which is already bad, and negate the progress they've made in recent years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4347]]></link><description><![CDATA[A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Narcissus is the glory of his race: For who does nothing with a better grace?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equal rights for all, special privileges for none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen a lot of bright spots this season. But when we execute, we can beat anyone. We could push ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen a lot of bright spots this season. But when we execute, we can beat anyone. We could push the bunt down exactly where we wanted to, and this was just total execution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, how full of briers is this working-day world! -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55631]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, how full of briers is this working-day world! -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hallelujah! Hallelujah! On the third morning He arose,  Bright with victory o'er his foes.   Sing we lauding, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hallelujah! Hallelujah! On the third morning He arose,  Bright with victory o'er his foes.   Sing we lauding,    And applauding,     Hallelujah!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the next few days, ... I will be explaining the American position to leaders in the countries I visit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the next few days, ... I will be explaining the American position to leaders in the countries I visit while making it clear that in confronting the clear and present danger posed by Iraqi lawlessness, the diplomatic string is running out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63123]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you think then that revolutions are made with rose water? [Fr., Voulez-vous donc qu'on vous fasse des revolutions a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you think then that revolutions are made with rose water? [Fr., Voulez-vous donc qu'on vous fasse des revolutions a l'eau-rose?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46882]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing. [On the prospects for his 1997 movies The Rainmaker and Good Will Hunting].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay To have tricked temptation and turned it away,  But wait, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58896]]></link><description><![CDATA[So you tell yourself you are pretty find clay To have tricked temptation and turned it away,  But wait, my friend, for a different day;   Wait till you want to want to!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gavin creates a nice link between last year's squad and what we are doing this year. His ambition, energy and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gavin creates a nice link between last year's squad and what we are doing this year. His ambition, energy and passion for the game will be a valuable asset to the Timbers and to the soccer community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10315]]></link><description><![CDATA[True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10860]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4871]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a Communist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57750]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People now realize there are opportunities to move up in the department as a whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29278]]></link><description><![CDATA[People now realize there are opportunities to move up in the department as a whole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2858]]></link><description><![CDATA[It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you seek it, you cannot find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21840]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you seek it, you cannot find it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sheriff cried on television because he has no money to pay his employees, and food is scarce, ... I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33954]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sheriff cried on television because he has no money to pay his employees, and food is scarce, ... I told them I would reach Gov. Bush and ask him to let the president know so they can get some help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, could I fly, I'd fly with thee! We'd make, with joyful wing,  Our annual visit o'er the globe, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, could I fly, I'd fly with thee! We'd make, with joyful wing,  Our annual visit o'er the globe,   Companions of the spring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3533]]></link><description><![CDATA[An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With everything we look at, there is something about gambling that relates to America. Eventually, we would want regulations and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39807]]></link><description><![CDATA[With everything we look at, there is something about gambling that relates to America. Eventually, we would want regulations and controls because outside the U.S. is outside our ability to control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's smart. But it's like a learning disability. If you're talking to him straight on, you either have to repeat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33591]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's smart. But it's like a learning disability. If you're talking to him straight on, you either have to repeat it so he can catch on to it or he'll catch it the first time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea,  The orange flower perfumes the bower, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea,  The orange flower perfumes the bower,   The breeze is on the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who love deeply never grow old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who love deeply never grow old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't take a well-tanned person seriously ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't take a well-tanned person seriously]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts --the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria --are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still desiring, we live without hope. [It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still desiring, we live without hope. [It., Senza speme vivemo in desio.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More knave than fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16329]]></link><description><![CDATA[More knave than fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a pond koi can reach lengths of eighteen inches. Amazingly, when placed in a lake, koi can grow to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43925]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a pond koi can reach lengths of eighteen inches. Amazingly, when placed in a lake, koi can grow to three feet long. The metaphor is obvious. You are limited by how you see the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think today's younger audience, ... would even know what 1920s musicals were like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39323]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think today's younger audience, ... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to talk about civil rights for all people and how you really have to stand up for your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35433]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to talk about civil rights for all people and how you really have to stand up for your rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials offered to take four percentage points off that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Officials offered to take four percentage points off that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This article reaffirms the fact that there is a shortage of drilling rigs especially in Colorado and we are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33006]]></link><description><![CDATA[This article reaffirms the fact that there is a shortage of drilling rigs especially in Colorado and we are in a position to help satisfy that demand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739  Other sins find their vent in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739  Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54203]]></link><description><![CDATA[First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was nice to swing the bats and get some hits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32446]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was nice to swing the bats and get some hits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission: to be of service to them whenever they require it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's absolutely devastating, ... It's one thing to see it on TV, and it's another to talk to a mom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33592]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's absolutely devastating, ... It's one thing to see it on TV, and it's another to talk to a mom and dad and children who have lost everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the lexicon of youth, which Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word  As--fail! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14912]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the lexicon of youth, which Fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word  As--fail!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14912</guid></item></channel></rss>