<?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[I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42624]]></link><description><![CDATA[I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shall I ask the brave soldier, who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shall I ask the brave soldier, who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree?  Shall I give up the friend I have valued and tried,   If he kneel not before the same altar with me?    From the heretic girl of my soul should I fly,     To seek somewhere else a more orthodox kiss?      No! perish the hearts, and the laws that try       Truth, valour, or love, by a standard like this!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58396]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can not be "friends with" God on any other terms than complete obedience to Him, and that includes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7618]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can not be "friends with" God on any other terms than complete obedience to Him, and that includes being "friends with" his fellow man. Christ stated emphatically that it was quite impossible, in the nature of things, for a man to be at peace with God and at variance with his neighbor. This disquieting fact is often hushed up, but it is undeniable that Christ said it, and the truth of it is enshrined in the petition for forgiveness in the "Lord's Prayer.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive  Whether I blush or no. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4387]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive  Whether I blush or no.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57187]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their monument sticks like a fishbone in the city's throat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their monument sticks like a fishbone in the city's throat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy. [Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi  Nulla potest placare quies.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy. [Lat., Rabiem livoris acerbi  Nulla potest placare quies.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16109]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest fish he ever caught were those that got away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9531]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats need it; we don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats need it; we don't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a history in football but what is the history of this guy, this midget [Michael Owen]? He ought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31026]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a history in football but what is the history of this guy, this midget [Michael Owen]? He ought to clean his tongue and wash the boots of David Beckham as they are so wet tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2259]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's God--I'd have known Him by Blake's picture anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17719]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's God--I'd have known Him by Blake's picture anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitches down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30461]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitches down for the most part, and he got away with mistakes when they were up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's high and low (culture), and we're casting a net wide. Almost everyone knows of these things; it's not like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40287]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's high and low (culture), and we're casting a net wide. Almost everyone knows of these things; it's not like we're bringing them some obscure things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all likelihood, the Library of Congress and Dr. Billington will be consulting closely with the U.S. Copyright Office housed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28961]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all likelihood, the Library of Congress and Dr. Billington will be consulting closely with the U.S. Copyright Office housed in the Library of Congress,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[extremely sensitive to variation and can result in different ratings in the same vehicle, such as when one has leather-covered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28665]]></link><description><![CDATA[extremely sensitive to variation and can result in different ratings in the same vehicle, such as when one has leather-covered seats and the other has cloth-covered seats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like his parents, Tristan is a fighter and we know they are going to get through this. Although the chemotherapy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like his parents, Tristan is a fighter and we know they are going to get through this. Although the chemotherapy treatment is a good way to bring leukemia into remission, doctors and experts alike have said the best chances of survival lie with a successful bone marrow transplant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23010]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should eat to live, not live to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17593]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should eat to live, not live to eat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41203]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[According to Doug Allen, president of MastroNet, the rapidly growing Americana division provided fertile ground for establishing some new favorite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33926]]></link><description><![CDATA[[According to Doug Allen, president of MastroNet, the rapidly growing Americana division provided fertile ground for establishing some new favorite collecting items and areas of interest.] There can be little doubt that Americana collectors are increasing in numbers, ... With each auction we see new categories of collectibles emerging, many with selling prices that seem to be giving previously obscure items new value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is geared completely to college students. The music is formulated for them. The lifestyle and news and all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38216]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is geared completely to college students. The music is formulated for them. The lifestyle and news and all the segments around the music are geared toward what's important to a college student.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where a gun begins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heating oil customers have the worst of the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heating oil customers have the worst of the situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman that is like a German clock, Still a-repairing, ever out of frame,  And never going aright, being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman that is like a German clock, Still a-repairing, ever out of frame,  And never going aright, being a watch,   But being watched that it may still go right!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most fear stems from sin; to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If nobody is going to buy this thing, then nobody in private industry is going to support it. It comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35841]]></link><description><![CDATA[If nobody is going to buy this thing, then nobody in private industry is going to support it. It comes down to what will the consumer accept as an annoyance and a privacy risk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44794]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, it would be thoroughgoing training in the habit of accurate observation. It is a habit which every one of us should be seeking ever more to perfect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All comes out even at the end of the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11134]]></link><description><![CDATA[All comes out even at the end of the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her very silence, and her patience, Speak to the people, and they pity her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her very silence, and her patience, Speak to the people, and they pity her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just happy to get a few balls over the net and let my partner run around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just happy to get a few balls over the net and let my partner run around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The effect speakes, the tongue needes not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a new birth for Iraq, a free Iraq. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34810]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a new birth for Iraq, a free Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15251</guid></item></channel></rss>