<?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[Ill fortune seldom comes alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill fortune seldom comes alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if we've climbed a stairway through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8897]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the other side of the handrail, the hallway's gray marble floor looks as if we've climbed a stairway through the clouds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13171]]></link><description><![CDATA[(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62276]]></link><description><![CDATA[We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. [Lat., Legatus est vir bonus peregre missus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57858]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the commonwealth. [Lat., Legatus est vir bonus peregre missus ad mentiendem rei publicae causae.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Risk to civilian life has been undermined and ignored by both parties in the name of military necessity. They have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Risk to civilian life has been undermined and ignored by both parties in the name of military necessity. They have to be watchful of the potential harm their negligence can do to the civilians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sonny was a no-frills kind of guy. He shot straight from the shoulder. You knew exactly where you stood with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sonny was a no-frills kind of guy. He shot straight from the shoulder. You knew exactly where you stood with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61856]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45867]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I watched the replay five times and it wasn't a foul. It was a foul on him. I didn't even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35770]]></link><description><![CDATA[I watched the replay five times and it wasn't a foul. It was a foul on him. I didn't even get the charge. He was falling before I even got there. When a rookie ref gets put in that situation -- somebody who weighs 215 going against somebody who weighs 165 -- it's an obvious call to make.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19412]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there are deeds Which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58208]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there are deeds Which have no form, sufferings which have no tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours For one lone soul another lonely soul,  Each choosing each through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours For one lone soul another lonely soul,  Each choosing each through all the weary hours,   And meeting strangely at one sudden goal,    Then blend they, like green leaves with golden flowers,     Into one beautiful and perfect whole;      And life's long night is ended, and the way       Lies open onward to eternal day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26586]]></link><description><![CDATA[One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5534]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45847]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of our shots were going in from the outside. Any shot we were throwing up, it just wasn't going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34678]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of our shots were going in from the outside. Any shot we were throwing up, it just wasn't going in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm incredibly happy. ... If you are persistent, you will succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41573]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm incredibly happy. ... If you are persistent, you will succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27149]]></link><description><![CDATA[The awe and dread with which the untutored savage contemplates his mother-in-law are amongst the most familiar facts of anthropology.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Performed to a T. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Performed to a T.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have just Three things to teach: Simplicity, Patience & Compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65350]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have just Three things to teach: Simplicity, Patience & Compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done one's best. [Ger., So eine Arbeit wird eigentlich nie fertig; man muss sie fur fertig erklaren, wenn man nach Zeit und Umstand das Moglichste getan hat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22407]]></link><description><![CDATA[A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was very impressed with our second half. We played a 2-3 zone, but we didn't box out well so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32112]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was very impressed with our second half. We played a 2-3 zone, but we didn't box out well so we have to work on that. But I was very pleased. We took care of the basketball. Morgan Reeves played a tremendous game. She sparks our defense. She did a great job doing that. She took a charge from (Heath's) Maggie Combs and was in her face the whole game. She was able to rattle Heath a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when silence has the loudest voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21654]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when silence has the loudest voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does he say novenasfor those with no venus(to Dan Brown). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Does he say novenasfor those with no venus(to Dan Brown).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much;  Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind,   And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10425]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GodWhen I was alone, and had nothingI asked for a friend to help me bear the painNo one came, except ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52962]]></link><description><![CDATA[GodWhen I was alone, and had nothingI asked for a friend to help me bear the painNo one came, except GodWhen I needed a breath to rise, from my sleepNo one could help me.. except GodWhen all I saw was sadness, and I needed answersNo one heard me, except GodSo when I'm asked.. who I give my unconditional love to?I look for no other name, except God]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51664]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose (of the meetings) is to re-establish an environment dedicated to caring for the people you serve, the sick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose (of the meetings) is to re-establish an environment dedicated to caring for the people you serve, the sick and afflicted, ... (It) is not to provide a forum to fight about the past, substantiate or disprove allegations made in both directions or continue the same destructive path that has led to the involvement of my office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll forbear; And am fallen out with my more headier will  To take the indisposed and sickly fit  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12499]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll forbear; And am fallen out with my more headier will  To take the indisposed and sickly fit   For the sound man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41072]]></link><description><![CDATA[With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband's absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a neighbor helping take care of the kids, and we just kind of jostled it. I called 24 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40949]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a neighbor helping take care of the kids, and we just kind of jostled it. I called 24 hours a day to see how everyone was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27796]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're confirming that houses have been lost; we can't give you the numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41921]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're confirming that houses have been lost; we can't give you the numbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware Of entrance to a quarrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware Of entrance to a quarrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59231]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, theres no knowing where you might be swept off to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban. What is your study? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58044]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban. What is your study?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Betwixt the devil and the deep sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: "If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?" But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: "If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think "Hail to the Chief" has a nice ring to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48149]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think "Hail to the Chief" has a nice ring to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. - "Trees". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27864]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. - "Trees".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, We will work for ourself and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62123]]></link><description><![CDATA[But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, We will work for ourself and a woman, for ever and ever, Amen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night time is really the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night time is really the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else is asleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1689]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not ent]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1689</guid></item></channel></rss>