<?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[Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and heart to this vote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25481]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to go to school in a summer morn, Oh, it drives all joy away!  Under a cruel eye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13391]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to go to school in a summer morn, Oh, it drives all joy away!  Under a cruel eye outworn,   The little ones spend the day--    In sighing and dismay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to find a deeper meaning in your life, you can't find it in the opinions or the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64014]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to find a deeper meaning in your life, you can't find it in the opinions or the beliefs that have been handed to you. You have to go to that place within yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of schools are looking at open source ? budgets come into play here. Microsoft licensing takes a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42417]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of schools are looking at open source ? budgets come into play here. Microsoft licensing takes a big chunk out of schools budgets. The biggest issue is cost, basically.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be innumerable township roads that we can't make an assessment on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29946]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be innumerable township roads that we can't make an assessment on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25492]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44121]]></link><description><![CDATA[The individual's most vital need is to prove his worth, and this usually means an insatiable hunger for action. For it is only the few who can acquire a sense of worth by developing and employing their capacities and talents. The majority prove their worth by keeping busy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had scarcely gone a short league, when Fortune, that was conducting his affairs from good to better, discovered to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20987]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had scarcely gone a short league, when Fortune, that was conducting his affairs from good to better, discovered to him the road, where he also espied an Inn. Sancho positively maintained it was an Inn, and his master that it was a castle; and the dispute lasted so long that they arrived there before it was determined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law can discover sin, but not remove, Save by those shadowy expiations weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't always get what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure  Their blossoms from their roots, accessible   Alone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very whitely still The lilies of our lives may reassure  Their blossoms from their roots, accessible   Alone to heavenly dews that drop not fewer;    Growing straight out of man's reach, on the hill.     God only, who made us rich, can make us poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. [Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit et senti, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13933]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. [Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit et senti, la veritable jouissance ne se decrit point.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. [It., Alta vendetta  D'alto silenzio e figlia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. [It., Alta vendetta  D'alto silenzio e figlia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, Expels diseases, softens every pain,  Subdues the rage of poison, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, Expels diseases, softens every pain,  Subdues the rage of poison, and the plague.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41183]]></link><description><![CDATA[But you know, I still had a dream of being able to go back home and tour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why and Wherefore set out one day, To hunt for a wild Negation.  They agreed to meet at a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why and Wherefore set out one day, To hunt for a wild Negation.  They agreed to meet at a cool retreat   On the Point of Interrogation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A player whose only offence in the past five years was a financial sanction will be eligible for a five-year ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28458]]></link><description><![CDATA[A player whose only offence in the past five years was a financial sanction will be eligible for a five-year good record.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more than instinctive killers and selfish brutes. Why take such a dim view of our potentialities and capabilities?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think, whatever mortals crave, With impotent endeavor,  A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave--   The world goes round ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57224]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think, whatever mortals crave, With impotent endeavor,  A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave--   The world goes round forever;    I think that life is not too long,     And therefore I determine,      That many people read a song,       Who will not read a sermon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All religious politics are restricted to support for the Russian Orthodox Church as opposed to other religious confessions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41250]]></link><description><![CDATA[All religious politics are restricted to support for the Russian Orthodox Church as opposed to other religious confessions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. [John 8:32]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1379]]></link><description><![CDATA[And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. [John 8:32].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A shippe and a woman are ever repairing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49075]]></link><description><![CDATA[A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/77]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/77</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often you have to rely on intuition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often you have to rely on intuition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've trained harder, I'm better, I'm stronger, the blood of a champion runs through my veins, I've earned this opportunity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40331]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've trained harder, I'm better, I'm stronger, the blood of a champion runs through my veins, I've earned this opportunity, I'll earn this victory, I've already won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We soon believe the things we would believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41136]]></link><description><![CDATA[We soon believe the things we would believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we hire new coaches we have to ask what ideas they have for raising funds to support the program, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35042]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we hire new coaches we have to ask what ideas they have for raising funds to support the program,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20125]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22566]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a creature That dotes on Cassio, as 'tis the strumpet's plague  To beguile many and be beguiled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58909]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a creature That dotes on Cassio, as 'tis the strumpet's plague  To beguile many and be beguiled by one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from us. But fairness and balance are possible. Not stereotyping people we write about is possible. We can be skeptical without being cynical,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10246]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is the most painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let the person know how you feel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun also shines on the wicked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61558]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun also shines on the wicked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore, friends, As far as to the sepulchre of Christ--  Whose soldier now, under whose blessed cross   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore, friends, As far as to the sepulchre of Christ--  Whose soldier now, under whose blessed cross   We are impressed and engaged to fight--    Fourthwith a power of English shall we levy,     Whose arms were moulded in their mother's womb      To chase these pagans in those holy fields       Over whose acres walked those blessed feet        Which fourteen hundred years ago were nailed         For our advantage on the bitter cross.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57327]]></link><description><![CDATA[And let him be sure to leave other men their turns to speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You three (county commissioners) sitting here have the power to end this today, but you won't, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40110]]></link><description><![CDATA[You three (county commissioners) sitting here have the power to end this today, but you won't,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short series, and we didn't play like we're capable of playing. We didn't show up (Saturday). Today, you saw the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Short series, and we didn't play like we're capable of playing. We didn't show up (Saturday). Today, you saw the real East Providence team. A couple bounces here or there, and things could have been different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64595]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can run one business well, you can run any business well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15987]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15987</guid></item></channel></rss>