<?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[If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4603]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm worried. We are just starting the year and already we seem to see a dead whale every day. Something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36590]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm worried. We are just starting the year and already we seem to see a dead whale every day. Something is happening there and it needs to be investigated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15974]]></link><description><![CDATA[The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15974</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 am very, very happy to have earned this first point. The start in a Davis Cup tie is always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41642]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am very, very happy to have earned this first point. The start in a Davis Cup tie is always important and so I am glad we are ahead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're a little smaller this year, but we have more threats offensively, I think. Our bench is a little deeper; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29512]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're a little smaller this year, but we have more threats offensively, I think. Our bench is a little deeper; we're getting a lot of good play from a lot of guys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So I decided to make my own pizza sauce from my own homegrown produce during the following canning season, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31138]]></link><description><![CDATA[So I decided to make my own pizza sauce from my own homegrown produce during the following canning season, ... It took a bit of experimenting to come up with just the right amount of all the ingredients . . . but I finally hit upon a blend that the folks around here seem to relish. The secret is the herbs: Don't be afraid to put more of 'em in than you think you shouldl That's what gives my sauce its hearty flavor and character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25679]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21282]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62537]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2971]]></link><description><![CDATA[As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24693]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57594]]></link><description><![CDATA[The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love working out. It's my release. I've done it since I've been in the military. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64389]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love working out. It's my release. I've done it since I've been in the military.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These false pretexts and varnished colours failing, Rare in thy guilt how foul must thou appear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18470]]></link><description><![CDATA[These false pretexts and varnished colours failing, Rare in thy guilt how foul must thou appear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's sports and we can't do anything about it. We've got to play with the players we have. What can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40668]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's sports and we can't do anything about it. We've got to play with the players we have. What can you do? You have no choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The apple blossoms' shower of pearl, Though blent with rosier hue,  As beautiful as woman's blush,   As ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2938]]></link><description><![CDATA[The apple blossoms' shower of pearl, Though blent with rosier hue,  As beautiful as woman's blush,   As evanescent too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we had the slowest bus driver in Pennsylvania. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37572]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we had the slowest bus driver in Pennsylvania.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've practiced loving long enough, Let's come at last to hate.  [Ger., Wir haben lang genug geliebt,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18851]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've practiced loving long enough, Let's come at last to hate.  [Ger., Wir haben lang genug geliebt,   Und wollen endlich hassen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49118]]></link><description><![CDATA[An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[lovers alone wear sunlight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25792]]></link><description><![CDATA[lovers alone wear sunlight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of sensitivity is perhaps basically an unawareness of ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of sensitivity is perhaps basically an unawareness of ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus said; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62036]]></link><description><![CDATA[But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus said; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible to industry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible to industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is like the relation between hand and eyes;it is like when the hand get hurt,eye cries; and when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is like the relation between hand and eyes;it is like when the hand get hurt,eye cries; and when the eye cries, the hand wipes .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a sexually transmitted disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a sexually transmitted disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt good, a little loose. I [threw] a lot of pitches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt good, a little loose. I [threw] a lot of pitches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, every inch a king. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, every inch a king.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that my daughter can see soon - when she is old enough to know what a movie is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16672]]></link><description><![CDATA[To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What wound did ever heal but my degrees? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62369]]></link><description><![CDATA[What wound did ever heal but my degrees?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm afraid that it will fail miserably. Somehow, we have to promote this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41005]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm afraid that it will fail miserably. Somehow, we have to promote this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the anger habit: Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Donot express it-this would not only hurt you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21158]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the anger habit: Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Donot express it-this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripplesin your surroundings. What you do is transform it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's adorned Amply, that in her husband's eye looks lovely,--  The truest mirror that an honest wife   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2771]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's adorned Amply, that in her husband's eye looks lovely,--  The truest mirror that an honest wife   Can see her beauty in!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To perpetuate the clerical role of answer man, the layman when inside the church building must act as if he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6356]]></link><description><![CDATA[To perpetuate the clerical role of answer man, the layman when inside the church building must act as if he has only half a brain, while outside, in the world, he is expected to be an ambassador for Christ, a lay transmitter of faith. Outside, he is to be informed and vocal; inside, he must appear ignorant and mute as a sheep. Christians have within them many questions -- questions that are at once elementary and profound, questions that would ripple the water were they raised. However, because a Christian is supposed to have "answers", life's important questions are not discussed outside the church building; and, because the pastor is the educated, spiritual authority, they are not discussed inside either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of my favorite tunes we cover is by Barry Cowsill, an artist I recently got into. He was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34193]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of my favorite tunes we cover is by Barry Cowsill, an artist I recently got into. He was a New Orleans native and recently passed away from hurricane Katrina.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not any thing, which has contributed so much to delude mankind in religious matters, as mistaken apprehensions concerning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34750]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not any thing, which has contributed so much to delude mankind in religious matters, as mistaken apprehensions concerning supernatural inspiration or revelation; not considering that all true religion originates from reason, and can not othe]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think in my heart of hearts that had a big bearing on it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42707]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think in my heart of hearts that had a big bearing on it,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the outside portrait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50701]]></link><description><![CDATA[A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then from the neighboring thicket the mockingbird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then from the neighboring thicket the mockingbird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water.  Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music,   That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All three times we played Christopher Newport, we got any shot we wanted. The other two times we didn't shoot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37919]]></link><description><![CDATA[All three times we played Christopher Newport, we got any shot we wanted. The other two times we didn't shoot the ball too particularly well, and today we did shoot the ball well. We've got some guys who can shoot it, and we are going to let them shoot it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9615</guid></item></channel></rss>