<?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've legged you up on winners - do you want me to leg you up now? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33389]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've legged you up on winners - do you want me to leg you up now?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1132]]></link><description><![CDATA[For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47199]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the sake of domestic peace, liberalism aims at democratic government. Democracy is therefore not a revolutionary institution. On the contrary it is the very means of preventing revolution and civil wars. It provides a method for the peaceful adjustment of government to the will of the majority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look at it when you do that as a form of eminent domain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34018]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look at it when you do that as a form of eminent domain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought girls would be impressed because I had read a big dictionary. I guess I thought it would get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16238]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought girls would be impressed because I had read a big dictionary. I guess I thought it would get their attention when I told them I was sesquipedalian. One look down at my feet usually dispelled the deception though.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy name is in my heart as in a sheep-bellfrom Cyrano. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy name is in my heart as in a sheep-bellfrom Cyrano.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I wish I would have changed the decision in the second. But, I did beat a lot of quality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I wish I would have changed the decision in the second. But, I did beat a lot of quality kids that were ranked ahead of me all year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good things, when short, are twice as good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good things, when short, are twice as good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lady ConductorShe raised her baton....and Beethoven answeredJohn C Lehman Jr 1955 to 1989. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lady ConductorShe raised her baton....and Beethoven answeredJohn C Lehman Jr 1955 to 1989.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3606]]></link><description><![CDATA[A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the purpose of categorical algebra is to show that which is trivial, is trivially trivial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the purpose of categorical algebra is to show that which is trivial, is trivially trivial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7321]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present state of witnesses against Antichrist, but by the gracious inspiration and instigation of the Holy Spirit of God... I prejudice not an external test and call, which was at first and shall be again in force at the resurrection of the churches, ... but in the present state of things I cannot but be humbly bold to say that I know no other true sender but the most Holy Spirit. And when He sends, His messengers will go, His prophets will prophesy, though all the world should forbid them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12057]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge amounts of money have disappeared. In return we got nothing but scraps of metal, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Huge amounts of money have disappeared. In return we got nothing but scraps of metal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul   In his opinion the leaders of the Church had grown so used ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Conversion of Paul   In his opinion the leaders of the Church had grown so used to the spectacle of the world neglecting the wisdom of Christ that they had ceased to be shocked by it and what was wanted was a renewal of the apostolic spirit among cardinals and archbishops and papal nuncios. It was no use preaching the gospel only to those who came to church to hear it. The gospel ought to be preached to those who didn't want to hear it as well: to industrialists in their offices, to clubmen in their windows, to workers in their yards and factories, to bibbers in their taverns, to harlots in their doorways, to all those should the sweet tidings of Christ be taught. It was a sorry matter for reflection that it was only heretics who dared to brave the sneers of the mob by crying aloud the Name of Jesus at street corners and in the market place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her glossy hair was cluster'd o'er a brow Bright with intelligence, and fair and smooth;  Her eyebrow's shape was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her glossy hair was cluster'd o'er a brow Bright with intelligence, and fair and smooth;  Her eyebrow's shape was like the aerial bow,   Her cheek all purple with the beam of youth,    Mounting, at times, to a transparent glow,     As if her veins ran lightning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolves are a high-profile species and the fact of the matter is the (Fish and Wildlife) Service has a hard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wolves are a high-profile species and the fact of the matter is the (Fish and Wildlife) Service has a hard time getting anything off the endangered species list. We do think it's time for a creative approach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, if only I did nothing simply as a result of laziness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, if only I did nothing simply as a result of laziness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O what is it proud slime will not believe Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised  Thus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47949]]></link><description><![CDATA[O what is it proud slime will not believe Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised  Thus with the gods?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll potch at him some way; Or wrath or craft may get him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51236]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll potch at him some way; Or wrath or craft may get him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we're trying to avoid is someone who can't afford a $20 co-pay from leaving a pharmacy without getting their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38936]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we're trying to avoid is someone who can't afford a $20 co-pay from leaving a pharmacy without getting their medicine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not clear that the Fed is going to move in June. Perhaps, the Fed moves late summer/early fall, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41882]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not clear that the Fed is going to move in June. Perhaps, the Fed moves late summer/early fall, if even then. What is clear is that the economy's momentum, which was quite strong in the first quarter, is indeed slowing down It is also clear that profit momentum for the year is going to be slow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For many are called, but few are chosen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6052]]></link><description><![CDATA[For many are called, but few are chosen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tide sent into the cleft of rock Neptune's polyfingered hand ofwelcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1639]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tide sent into the cleft of rock Neptune's polyfingered hand ofwelcome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60868]]></link><description><![CDATA[The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we said go, they went. They took our words seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33077]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we said go, they went. They took our words seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of the college towns that we operate in in the Lower 48 do this every year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of the college towns that we operate in in the Lower 48 do this every year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I worked very hard. I felt I could play the game. The only thing that could stop me was myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't wish to imply that there aren't good things about you or that you're not an extraordinary person but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25940]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't wish to imply that there aren't good things about you or that you're not an extraordinary person but I'd rather let other people enjoy the surprise]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one who has lighted another's lamp ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19158]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one who has lighted another's lamp from his own lamp; it none the less gives light to himself when it burns for the other. [Lat., Homo qui erranti comiter monstrat viam,  Quasi lumen de suo lumine accendit, facit:   Nihilominus ipsi luceat, cum illi accenderit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This shows that criminals are attempting to stay ahead of the game by trying to evade detection at British ports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37840]]></link><description><![CDATA[This shows that criminals are attempting to stay ahead of the game by trying to evade detection at British ports.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58945]]></link><description><![CDATA[What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal; miserly soldiers are like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57143]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the army is a school in which the miser becomes generous, and the generous prodigal; miserly soldiers are like monsters, but very rarely seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64488]]></link><description><![CDATA[To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's back, and find them both ingenious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big question is what will happen over the next few years, ... Wages and costs are going up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big question is what will happen over the next few years, ... Wages and costs are going up in China. The economy is already past its peak. This is no longer the easy money you had in 2002 and 2003.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closest distance between two people is a goodlaugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closest distance between two people is a goodlaugh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is more or less mad on one point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is more or less mad on one point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48575]]></link><description><![CDATA[And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6148]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6148</guid></item></channel></rss>