<?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[To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61051]]></link><description><![CDATA[To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would I had some flowers o' th' spring that might Become your time of day, and yours, and yours, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10974]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would I had some flowers o' th' spring that might Become your time of day, and yours, and yours,  That wear upon your virgin branches yet   Your maidenheads growing. O, Proserpina,    For the flowers now that, frighted, thou let'st fall     From Dis's wagon; daffodils,      That come before the swallow dares, and take       The winds of March with beauty; violets dim,        But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes         Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses,          That die unmarried, ere they can behold           Bright Phoebus in his strength--a malady            Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and             The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds,              The flower-de-luce being one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18023]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep close to Nature\'s heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep close to Nature\'s heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50384]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have an engagement ring, which is my favorite accessory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39297]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have an engagement ring, which is my favorite accessory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write, As fopplings grin to show their teeth are white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16420]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write, As fopplings grin to show their teeth are white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That puts it not unto the touch To win or lose it all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25579]]></link><description><![CDATA[That puts it not unto the touch To win or lose it all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to grammar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to grammar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody dies. Not everybody ever really lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody dies. Not everybody ever really lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shared sovereignty doesn't work, because sovereignty depends on being able to exercise authority, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shared sovereignty doesn't work, because sovereignty depends on being able to exercise authority,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to meeting him next week at training camp. It'll be an honor to work with a guy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32225]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to meeting him next week at training camp. It'll be an honor to work with a guy who just won a Stanley Cup [in 2004 with Tampa Bay].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17328]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 Commemoration of Thérèse of Lisieux, Carmelite Nun, Spiritual Writer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, Apostle of the Franks, 533 Commemoration of Thérèse of Lisieux, Carmelite Nun, Spiritual Writer, 1897   People talk about special providences. I believe in the providences, but not in the speciality. I do not believe that God lets the thread of my affairs go for six days, and on the seventh evening takes it up for a moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is a two way road of conflict and compromise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is a two way road of conflict and compromise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have achieved our leadership position in the teleservices industry by committing to continual development and improvement of our service ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31432]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have achieved our leadership position in the teleservices industry by committing to continual development and improvement of our service offerings, as well as the quality of our call center agents. This recognition is a well-earned compliment to our knowledgeable and helpful customer care agents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight;  Farewell awhile to him and thee,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight;  Farewell awhile to him and thee,   My native land--Good Night!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He stepped in hole as a baby. I ran cold water on it out of the well, but it never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40660]]></link><description><![CDATA[He stepped in hole as a baby. I ran cold water on it out of the well, but it never did go down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -- not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42920]]></link><description><![CDATA[It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -- not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two rules to follow: 1) Don't sweat the small stuff. 2) It's all smallstuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two rules to follow: 1) Don't sweat the small stuff. 2) It's all smallstuff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26136]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47381]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held in November.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9810]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind. [Lat., Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intra  Pectora pro facto spemque metumque suo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old homes! old hearts! Upon my soul forever Their peace and gladness lie like tears and laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old homes! old hearts! Upon my soul forever Their peace and gladness lie like tears and laughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The common curse of mankind,—folly and ignorance. -Troilus and Cressida. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56065]]></link><description><![CDATA[The common curse of mankind,—folly and ignorance. -Troilus and Cressida. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This kid can do both well. We really saved us a pick by taking him because he can do both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38346]]></link><description><![CDATA[This kid can do both well. We really saved us a pick by taking him because he can do both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think he ever had a real good feel for his mechanics and release point. Whether it was related ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30468]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think he ever had a real good feel for his mechanics and release point. Whether it was related to the ball hitting him in the knee or not, I don't know. He always battles you, whether he has his best stuff or not. He has an ability to focus even when he's in pain. It was just a day when the Cardinals were better than us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The King clearly said he is going to continue his authoritarian rule. It shows there is not going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41278]]></link><description><![CDATA[The King clearly said he is going to continue his authoritarian rule. It shows there is not going to be any changes immediately.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crafty knave needs no broker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10661]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crafty knave needs no broker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rills of pleasure never run sincere, (Earth has no unpolluted spring)  From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51852]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rills of pleasure never run sincere, (Earth has no unpolluted spring)  From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;   So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is Love without his wings! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is Love without his wings!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54164]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we would like a presence for the block party we have planned for April 22, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32388]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we would like a presence for the block party we have planned for April 22,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546  It must have been a most blessed discovery, that of an old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546  It must have been a most blessed discovery, that of an old Latin Bible which he found in the Erfurt Library about this time. He had never seen the Book before. It taught him another lesson than that of fasts and vigils... Luther learned now that a man was saved not by singing masses, but by the infinite grace of God: a more credible hypothesis. He gradually got himself founded, as on the rock. No wonder he should venerate the Bible, which had brought this blessed help to him. He prized it as the Word of the Highest must be prized by such a man. He determined to hold by that, as through life and to death he firmly did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead!  Act,--act in the living Present!   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead!  Act,--act in the living Present!   Heart within and God o'erhead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought of the (Academy) bus, but I don't know what their prices are. Plus the price of gas went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought of the (Academy) bus, but I don't know what their prices are. Plus the price of gas went up a lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death came with friendly care;The opening bud to heaven conveyed,And bade it blossom there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death came with friendly care;The opening bud to heaven conveyed,And bade it blossom there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11352</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/6756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833   Do not, as is usually the case, thrust the care of the common weal upon your neighbor; then, as each one in his own thoughts makes light of the matter, all find to their surprise that they have drawn upon themselves by their neglect a personal misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools tell us if they want it or not and then we route it around to as many schools as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Schools tell us if they want it or not and then we route it around to as many schools as we can. You pick us basically.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38217</guid></item></channel></rss>