<?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[Aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow;  But crush'd or trodden to the ground,   Diffuse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow;  But crush'd or trodden to the ground,   Diffuse their balmy sweets around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Priding himself in the pursuits of an inglorious ease. [Lat., Studiis florentem ignobilis oti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Priding himself in the pursuits of an inglorious ease. [Lat., Studiis florentem ignobilis oti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65447]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day one was a bit of a disaster and to come back and win a gold after that was just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day one was a bit of a disaster and to come back and win a gold after that was just unbelievable. I'm just so happy I was able to turn it around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the most difficult day for me in my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31978]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the most difficult day for me in my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8352]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were monitoring that system for days and days and days, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40852]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were monitoring that system for days and days and days,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13837]]></link><description><![CDATA[His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel comfortable lining him up against anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34080]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel comfortable lining him up against anyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to rise from life as from a banquet--neither thirsty nor drunken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42890]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to rise from life as from a banquet--neither thirsty nor drunken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52361]]></link><description><![CDATA[You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others - that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delays have dangerous ends. -King Henry VI. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delays have dangerous ends. -King Henry VI. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sundaies observe: think when the bells do chime, 'Tis angel's musick; therefore come not late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sundaies observe: think when the bells do chime, 'Tis angel's musick; therefore come not late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft as Memnon's harp at morning, To the inward ear devout,  Touched by light, with heavenly warning   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft as Memnon's harp at morning, To the inward ear devout,  Touched by light, with heavenly warning   Your transporting chords ring out.    Every leaf in every nook,     Every wave in every brook,      Chanting with a solemn voice       Minds us of our better choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, they just get afraid to leave, and they will do things that don't always make sense, like run, even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, they just get afraid to leave, and they will do things that don't always make sense, like run, even though they were going to be out within a short period of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45136]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is apparently no surer way of turning a thing into its opposite than by exaggerating it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The solitary, silent, solemn scene, Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,  Blended in dust together; where the slave  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18218]]></link><description><![CDATA[The solitary, silent, solemn scene, Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,  Blended in dust together; where the slave   Rests from his labors; where th' insulting proud    Resigns his powers; the miser drops his hoard:     Where human folly sleeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining the cashier's office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19879]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining the cashier's office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals-that is, goalsthat do not inspire them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21406]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals-that is, goalsthat do not inspire them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats sleep Anywhere, Any table, Any chair, Top of piano, Window-ledge, In the middle, On the edge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats sleep Anywhere, Any table, Any chair, Top of piano, Window-ledge, In the middle, On the edge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the butsyou use today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21486]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the butsyou use today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Based off of what I've heard overall, I think people were very pleased. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Based off of what I've heard overall, I think people were very pleased.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old highway is just too dangerous. Thieves are smart, and we're like sitting ducks there if we're behind a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29325]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old highway is just too dangerous. Thieves are smart, and we're like sitting ducks there if we're behind a truck and forced to stop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated me. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated me. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18640]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15012]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those [Anti-Cubans] who attack us [Cubans] don't represent more than a fraction of 1 percent. ... You [the foreign news ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those [Anti-Cubans] who attack us [Cubans] don't represent more than a fraction of 1 percent. ... You [the foreign news media] have helped create them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55240]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is no fool who gives that which he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of guys have been here for a while and we haven't done anything. Coach Collier said he's tired ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30258]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of guys have been here for a while and we haven't done anything. Coach Collier said he's tired of waiting and we're tired, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48717]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will always be the ability for broadband users to connect to the content of their choice. What it will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33899]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will always be the ability for broadband users to connect to the content of their choice. What it will come down to, we hope, is that there will be other opportunities and other choices in the market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing a thing well is often a waste of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very dangerous. The timing is extremely important. He's sensing that there's a failed state in Sudan and he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28236]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very dangerous. The timing is extremely important. He's sensing that there's a failed state in Sudan and he would like to extend his bases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1528, and Michelangelo Buonarrotti, artist, spiritual writer, 1564  O God in heaven, have mercy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1528, and Michelangelo Buonarrotti, artist, spiritual writer, 1564  O God in heaven, have mercy on us! Lord Jesus Christ, interecede for your people, deliver us at the opportune time, preserve in us the true genuine Christian faith, collect your scattered sheep with your voice, your divine Word as Holy Writ calls it. Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I ran his plays this week, calling them by numbers, to make it easy for our defense. What I couldn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39811]]></link><description><![CDATA[I ran his plays this week, calling them by numbers, to make it easy for our defense. What I couldn't duplicate was the speed he's got over there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power. [Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power. [Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam  Posse volunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50075]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the ideal of no schools at all with the democratic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13490]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the ideal of no schools at all with the democratic ideal of schools for everybody by having schools without education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17120]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17120</guid></item></channel></rss>