<?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[The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33690]]></link><description><![CDATA[The older you get, the more you realize you're drifting toward a direction, and sometimes your significant other drifts into an opposite direction. You can't blame anybody for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played a lot better defensively, and we played a faster-paced game like we're used to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29051]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played a lot better defensively, and we played a faster-paced game like we're used to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he first went down, it didn't look good. And he was so close to the bench that he didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33980]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he first went down, it didn't look good. And he was so close to the bench that he didn't have to get up to get off the ice, so I wasn't sure what happened. But I talked to the trainer between periods and he thought it would be good and then I saw Mike after and he was all smiles with the team winning the division. So a crisis averted, I guess.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oyster-women lock'd their fish up, And trudged away to cry, No Bishop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oyster-women lock'd their fish up, And trudged away to cry, No Bishop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowery oratory he [Walpole] despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowery oratory he [Walpole] despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, "All those men have their price."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26750]]></link><description><![CDATA["Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62593]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24947]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59473]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16476]]></link><description><![CDATA[God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49278]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, and Parents, and our Master, can never be requited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13137]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know they are very well where they are, I know they suffice for those who belong to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That were to blow at fire in hope to quench it; For who digs hills because they do aspire  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43316]]></link><description><![CDATA[That were to blow at fire in hope to quench it; For who digs hills because they do aspire  Throws down one mountain to cast up a higher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When iron scourge, and tort'ring hour The bad affright, afflict the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53816]]></link><description><![CDATA[When iron scourge, and tort'ring hour The bad affright, afflict the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15474]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[--To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces,  Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59129]]></link><description><![CDATA[--To live On means not yours--be brave in silks and laces,  Gallant in steeds; splendid in banquets; all   Not yours. Given, uninherited, unpaid for;    This is to be a trickster; and to filch     Men's art and labour, which to them is wealth,      Life, daily bread;--quitting all scores with "friend,       You're troublesome!" Why this, forgive me,        Is what, when done with a less dainty grace,         Plain folks call "Theft."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television is the first truly democratic culture, the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television is the first truly democratic culture, the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. the most terrifying thing is what people do want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to wear out than to rust out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to wear out than to rust out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone in law enforcement can tell you that our work to combat the problems of underage drinking has to start ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone in law enforcement can tell you that our work to combat the problems of underage drinking has to start with prevention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29458]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61316]]></link><description><![CDATA[With true friends . . . even water drunk together is sweet enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to Dispatch than Method. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to Dispatch than Method.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Costa Rica team will play very strong, very fast in the beginning of the game, try to get an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30790]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Costa Rica team will play very strong, very fast in the beginning of the game, try to get an early goal and write their ticket to Germany.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41504]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know. . . . But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the passing of this draft law, international cooperation in battling corruption and other transnational crimes will be made easier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36227]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the passing of this draft law, international cooperation in battling corruption and other transnational crimes will be made easier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's first concern is always the grass or their crops, but trees can suffer too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone's first concern is always the grass or their crops, but trees can suffer too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babe was a wonderful person. He was just a big kid who loved the limelight. If 500 children were waiting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Babe was a wonderful person. He was just a big kid who loved the limelight. If 500 children were waiting for his autograph, he'd stand there and sign for each one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8954]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15308]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22606]]></link><description><![CDATA[For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lion Beer needs to increase its export business to maintain viable growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lion Beer needs to increase its export business to maintain viable growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fake news executives are nicer than real news executives, though real news executives are funnier than fake news executives. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fake news executives are nicer than real news executives, though real news executives are funnier than fake news executives. They don’t know they’re being funny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is a creature that needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35166]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is a creature that needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look at life as a gift of God. Now that he wants it back I have no right to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look at life as a gift of God. Now that he wants it back I have no right to complain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know not which I love the most, Nor which the comeliest shows,  The timid, bashful violet   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16260]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know not which I love the most, Nor which the comeliest shows,  The timid, bashful violet   Or the royal-hearted rose:    The pansy in purple dress,     The pink with cheek of red,      Or the faint, fair heliotrope, who hangs,       Like a bashful maid her head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no way to shut Michelle down completely. I've never seen a team take her totally out of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39389]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no way to shut Michelle down completely. I've never seen a team take her totally out of a game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary  Continuing a short series on prayer:  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary  Continuing a short series on prayer:  The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865  Let a man but separate himself from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865  Let a man but separate himself from all contingencies and from all works, and there will come over him in this state of emptiness a peace which is very great, lovely, and agreeable, and which is in itself no sin since it is part of our human nature. But when it is taken for a veritable possessing of God, or unity with God, then it is sin, for it is in reality nothing else than a state of thorough passivity and apathy untouched by the power from on high -- a purely negative state from which (if one in arrogance calls it divine) nothing follows but blindness, failure of understanding, and a disinclination to be governed by the rules of ordinary righteousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, the people who are thousands of miles away from you, can make you feel better than people right beside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, the people who are thousands of miles away from you, can make you feel better than people right beside you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language, as symbol, determines much of the nature and quality of our experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language, as symbol, determines much of the nature and quality of our experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may -make a fool of yourself with him and not only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may -make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12674</guid></item></channel></rss>