<?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 did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/594]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did it to myself. It wasn't society... it wasn't a pusher, it wasn't being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He seems to be of great authority. Close with him, give him gold; and though authority be a stubborn bear, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3496]]></link><description><![CDATA[He seems to be of great authority. Close with him, give him gold; and though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft led by the nose with gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At early dawn when the air is crisp And you're standing knee deep in a beautiful rip  You see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16284]]></link><description><![CDATA[At early dawn when the air is crisp And you're standing knee deep in a beautiful rip  You see a trout rise to an unknown fly   Then your heart starts to thump and you wonder why    You're a neophyte fly fisherman.     You can measure the cast and study the lie      Then lengthen the line to make your first try       As you check the rod to get a good presentation        You hold your breath in solemn anticipation         You must be a fly fisherman!          The fly floats gently on its way to the trout           You know it will "take it" without a doubt.            You're all charged up and ready to strike             But the fly floats by because something's not right              You are still a fly fisherman.               You open your fly box and select a new fly                Then lengthen the tippet before the next try                 Change your position to help with the cast                  And hope you have made the right decision at last                   Now you are a doubtful fly fisherman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23533]]></link><description><![CDATA[So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;  We cannot heal the throbbing heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;  We cannot heal the throbbing heart   Will we discern the wounds within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59068]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still believe that ever round you Spirits float who watch and wait;  Nor forget the twain who found you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still believe that ever round you Spirits float who watch and wait;  Nor forget the twain who found you   Sleeping nigh the Golden Gate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive;  His tail takes in his teeth, and bending like a bow,   That's to the compass drawn, aloft himself doth throw:    Then springing at his height, as doth a little wand,     That, bended end to end, and flerted from the hand,      Far off itself doth cast. so does the salmon vaut.       And if at first he fail, his second summersaut        He instantly assays and from his nimble ring,         Still yarking never leaves, until himself he fling          Above the streamful top of the surrounded heap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49567]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Depression is the inability to construct a future ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Depression is the inability to construct a future]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our guys kept their composure. They battled back in there and made a game out of it. I'm definitely proud ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our guys kept their composure. They battled back in there and made a game out of it. I'm definitely proud of that. They definitely played well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5951]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34929]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833  We must always be on our guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another.  ... St. Basil the Great  January 3, 1998  Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970  For us in the Pacific, in Asia, in India, and in Africa, Christian unity is not an optional extra. It is an urgent necessity, for our divisions are a real stumbling-block to the proclamation of the Gospel... Mission is at the heart of the divine reality. It is the will of God and the Kingdom of God which are to be made known. Wherever we are, our purpose is not to propagate the Church as an end in itself, but to proclaim Christ as Lord of all life and as Saviour of all men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free,  And lets us go our unobtrusive way,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free,  And lets us go our unobtrusive way,   Glad of the sun and rain,    Upright, serene, humane,     Contented with the fortune of a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had not planned on having any vote, other than just to study (the contract), ... It's not a public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30875]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had not planned on having any vote, other than just to study (the contract), ... It's not a public hearing, but it is a study session. We will take comments. And then if it seems suitable to the property owners involved -- who we're most concerned about -- we will have a vote on Sept. 26 (the next council meeting) on this issue to start the ball rolling for a new bridge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infinite riches in a little room. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Infinite riches in a little room.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth  Whiles we enjoy it; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth  Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,   Why, then we rack the value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three things are ever silent--Thought, Destiny, and the Grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three things are ever silent--Thought, Destiny, and the Grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43834]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Style is a simple way of saying complicated things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Style is a simple way of saying complicated things]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11989]]></link><description><![CDATA[We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901  As a good Christian should consider every place as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901  As a good Christian should consider every place as holy, because God is there, so he should look upon every part of his life as a matter of holiness, because it is offered unto God. The profession of a clergyman is a holy profession, because it is a ministration in holy things, an attendance at the alter. But worldly business is to be made holy unto the Lord, by being done as a service unto Him, and in conformity to His Divine will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This state followed the federal government's lead and totally deregulated our electricity markets. If FERC accepts this settlement and thereby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40281]]></link><description><![CDATA[This state followed the federal government's lead and totally deregulated our electricity markets. If FERC accepts this settlement and thereby punishes Maine for restructuring, it will be a clear message that they have abandoned the nation's experiment with electric power sector deregulation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heart-felt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't apologize for it not being pretty, and we don't apologize for keeping it close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33683]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't apologize for it not being pretty, and we don't apologize for keeping it close.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actually, I'm pretty happy. I wasn't as fast as I wanted to be, but I'm still getting over a broken ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actually, I'm pretty happy. I wasn't as fast as I wanted to be, but I'm still getting over a broken foot. I think I did well on my passing drills and in the interviews.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He always gets it done. If it's not scoring, it's assists, it's steals, and he always has a big night ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29513]]></link><description><![CDATA[He always gets it done. If it's not scoring, it's assists, it's steals, and he always has a big night rebounding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This (assassination) is against our principles and my principles, and I would never do such a thing in my life, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29894]]></link><description><![CDATA[This (assassination) is against our principles and my principles, and I would never do such a thing in my life, ... What do we achieve? I think what happened targeted Syria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39421]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our commander said the Viet Cong are farmers by day.. guerillas by night. Look for those who are tired. So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our commander said the Viet Cong are farmers by day.. guerillas by night. Look for those who are tired. So anyone who yawned was getting popped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who contributes to the defense fundof pornographers is a mental moonbeam. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who contributes to the defense fundof pornographers is a mental moonbeam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some fear the dark; I embrace it. It is the only place where my eyes are blind, and my soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some fear the dark; I embrace it. It is the only place where my eyes are blind, and my soul wanders freely from the truth of reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It feels good to be able to contribute on a senior-dominated team. I just got some openings and made some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38100]]></link><description><![CDATA[It feels good to be able to contribute on a senior-dominated team. I just got some openings and made some shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I contemplate my treasures in their hoard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I contemplate my treasures in their hoard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exercise: you don't have time not to ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exercise: you don't have time not to]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35114]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I bless'd them unaware. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4314]]></link><description><![CDATA[A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I bless'd them unaware.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44327]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in instinct, not in reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22838]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in instinct, not in reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We haven't turned down this proposal. The Iranian government is looking attentively at the proposal, but it needs time. So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35734]]></link><description><![CDATA[We haven't turned down this proposal. The Iranian government is looking attentively at the proposal, but it needs time. So I think Russia should have a certain time to perfect this proposal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not speak to me of law. Not after what you have told me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not speak to me of law. Not after what you have told me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29714</guid></item></channel></rss>