<?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[Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very amateurish attempt to shoe-horn Sinn Fein into a position on policing, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35689]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very amateurish attempt to shoe-horn Sinn Fein into a position on policing,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our elections are free - it's in the results where eventually we pay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our elections are free - it's in the results where eventually we pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether or not you write well, write bravely ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether or not you write well, write bravely]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is the language of the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is the language of the devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just, what it does cruelly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When poverty comes in at doors, love leaps out at windows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25742]]></link><description><![CDATA[When poverty comes in at doors, love leaps out at windows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Greeks said, "Whom the gods love die young," they probably meant, as Lord Sankey suggested, that those favored ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52349]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the Greeks said, "Whom the gods love die young," they probably meant, as Lord Sankey suggested, that those favored by the gods stay young till the day they die; young and playful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that our faith provides ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5451]]></link><description><![CDATA[In essence we have become addicted to the certainty, sureness or sense of security that our faith provides]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh!  The bitter wind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slayer of the winter, art thou here again? O welcome, thou that bring'st the summer nigh!  The bitter wind makes not the victory vain.   Nor will we mock thee for thy faint blue sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true iswhat we believe. What we believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true iswhat we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What weperceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon whatwe think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceivedetermines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to betrue. what we take to be true is our reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had five receivers on the front line and it was a semi-hands team, ... We had one or at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38257]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had five receivers on the front line and it was a semi-hands team, ... We had one or at least two shots at it. We didn't come up with it. The big play came when we had a big fourth down play. We had a stop and the kid (Perry) scrambled and scored, we have been victimized by that all year long. You live and die by it and I'm still proud of our team and hats off to Brandywine, they made the plays when they had to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18232]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that everyone would feel that a renegotiation that allows for a percentage of revenue would be the optimal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28801]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that everyone would feel that a renegotiation that allows for a percentage of revenue would be the optimal outcome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was heavy with the even, When she lit her glimmering tapers  Round the day's dead sanctities.   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was heavy with the even, When she lit her glimmering tapers  Round the day's dead sanctities.   I laughed in the morning's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was totally unprecedented - a live interchange with no questions given in advance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38946]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was totally unprecedented - a live interchange with no questions given in advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[and I have a hunch that [husband] Blake [Edwards] has got something up his sleeve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39320]]></link><description><![CDATA[and I have a hunch that [husband] Blake [Edwards] has got something up his sleeve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No words are necessary between two loving hearts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62028]]></link><description><![CDATA[No words are necessary between two loving hearts]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, everybody would prefer to play inside, you know, because the conditions are totally different. But what can we do? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, everybody would prefer to play inside, you know, because the conditions are totally different. But what can we do? If the supervisor, they make the schedules, they put you on this court, what can you do?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46714]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here at lastWe shall be free;the Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us hence:Here we may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here at lastWe shall be free;the Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us hence:Here we may reign secure, and in my choiceTo reign is worth ambition though in Hell:Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. - Paradise Lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6021]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely spending, Will beg a penny by and by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would have been a waste to switch. But had we moved anywhere else, I wouldn't have gotten to stay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40312]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would have been a waste to switch. But had we moved anywhere else, I wouldn't have gotten to stay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56442]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober. [Lat., Non est ab homine nunquam sobrio postulanda prudentia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I plucked a honeysuckle where The hedge on high is quick with thorn,  And climbing for the prize, was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19692]]></link><description><![CDATA[I plucked a honeysuckle where The hedge on high is quick with thorn,  And climbing for the prize, was torn,   And fouled my feet in quag-water;    And by the thorns and by the wind     The blossom that I took was thinn'd      And yet I found it sweet and fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8236]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49866]]></link><description><![CDATA[The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if i have said it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if i have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The principal part of faith is patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The principal part of faith is patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was happy with our decision-making down the stretch. That's probably the best we've done with that this year. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35471]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was happy with our decision-making down the stretch. That's probably the best we've done with that this year. We had seen Central come back before, but we managed the game well in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was really made from his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27069]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she was really made from his funny bone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He believes he's going to be ready for the start of the season. That's what we're counting on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29877]]></link><description><![CDATA[He believes he's going to be ready for the start of the season. That's what we're counting on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really happy with the set-up (of the car). We worked on different aspects in each session. I hope it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42298]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really happy with the set-up (of the car). We worked on different aspects in each session. I hope it will be a clean race.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27875]]></link><description><![CDATA[No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My parents must have had tough decisions to make, but I was never called on to bear witness to their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53863]]></link><description><![CDATA[My parents must have had tough decisions to make, but I was never called on to bear witness to their anxiety. To some people that might sound like repression, but I think repression can be a positive value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good example has twice the value of good advice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14384]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good example has twice the value of good advice]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19471]]></link><description><![CDATA[History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses, to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42238]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50986]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate can bring two people together...but fate can also pull them apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate can bring two people together...but fate can also pull them apart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62886</guid></item></channel></rss>