<?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[No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47253]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would you replace it with?" When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire; Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow  Of bragging horror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire; Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow  Of bragging horror.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains--Beautiful!  I linger yet with Nature, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains--Beautiful!  I linger yet with Nature, for the night   Hath been to me a more familiar face    Than that of man; and in her starry shade     Of dim and solitary loveliness      I learn'd the language of another world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62100]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust the rest to the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust the rest to the gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The facts of life are very stubborn things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32014]]></link><description><![CDATA[The facts of life are very stubborn things]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the fireflies, Wah-wah-taysee, Waved their torches to mislead him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16030]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the fireflies, Wah-wah-taysee, Waved their torches to mislead him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to bee buried there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49648]]></link><description><![CDATA[No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to bee buried there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For dear is the Emerald Isle of the ocean, Whose daughters are fair as the foam of the wave,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23055]]></link><description><![CDATA[For dear is the Emerald Isle of the ocean, Whose daughters are fair as the foam of the wave,  Whose sons unaccustom'd to rebel commotion,   Tho' joyous, are sober--tho' peaceful, are brave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It basically describes a day in the life of Charlie Brown. The show takes the form of the comic strip, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36903]]></link><description><![CDATA[It basically describes a day in the life of Charlie Brown. The show takes the form of the comic strip, with its separate frames and short vignettes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is so unlike theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is so unlike theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear may come true that which one is afraid of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear may come true that which one is afraid of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminister Abbey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminister Abbey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's really good. I'm ecstatic and the girls are ecstatic. That's been one of our goals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28819]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's really good. I'm ecstatic and the girls are ecstatic. That's been one of our goals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wishing, of all employments is the worst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wishing, of all employments is the worst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60127]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great would have none great and the little all little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great would have none great and the little all little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess to just keep playing music; to just keep outdoing the last record.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole;  How here he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next o'er his books his eyes began to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole;  How here he sipp'd, how there he plunder'd snug,   And suck'd all o'er like an industrious bug.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, I got eight hours of sleep, but the guys stayed up since yesterday and never slept. They're incredible. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, I got eight hours of sleep, but the guys stayed up since yesterday and never slept. They're incredible. I think it took 12 hours to completely redo the car. I think we started the engine for the first time at eight o'clock this morning and in the warm-up, everything was fantastic. I have to say that today's car was even better than yesterday's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26292]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man whose authority is recent is always stern. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28480]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man whose authority is recent is always stern.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More are taken in by hope than by cunning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10836]]></link><description><![CDATA[More are taken in by hope than by cunning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails toalways reach my destination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21780]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails toalways reach my destination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art thou a pen, whose task shall be To drown in ink  What writers think?   Oh, wisely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art thou a pen, whose task shall be To drown in ink  What writers think?   Oh, wisely write,    That pages white     Be not the worse for ink and thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For talk six times with the same single lady, And you may get the wedding dress ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26558]]></link><description><![CDATA[For talk six times with the same single lady, And you may get the wedding dress ready.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much better to get wisdom than gold,    to choose understanding rather than silver! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33436]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much better to get wisdom than gold,    to choose understanding rather than silver!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody answered the phone anyway. We had to leave messages. Said, thanks for coming, we appreciate it, stuff like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody answered the phone anyway. We had to leave messages. Said, thanks for coming, we appreciate it, stuff like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is essential for the public to know that aid is being handled in a non-arbitrary, non-discriminatory manner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30393]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is essential for the public to know that aid is being handled in a non-arbitrary, non-discriminatory manner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42881]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I came to the place of my birth and cried: "The friends of my youth, where are they?"--and an echo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13299]]></link><description><![CDATA[I came to the place of my birth and cried: "The friends of my youth, where are they?"--and an echo answered, "Where are they?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fed ought to like it [the producer price report], and personally I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42254]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fed ought to like it [the producer price report], and personally I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43367]]></link><description><![CDATA[The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12014]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have tied me to a stake. I cannot fly, But bear-like I must fight the course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11745]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the biggest one was the NBA three. I don?t know how many seconds were left on the (shot) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35244]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the biggest one was the NBA three. I don?t know how many seconds were left on the (shot) clock, but I think it almost hit the ceiling ? I think the momentum was in their favor at that point and that changed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fox changes his skin but not his habits. [Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fox changes his skin but not his habits. [Lat., Vulpem pilum mutare, non mores.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54168]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60951]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True is it that we have seen better days. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55655]]></link><description><![CDATA[True is it that we have seen better days. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16153</guid></item></channel></rss>