<?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[His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60554]]></link><description><![CDATA[His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24655]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32128]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He heard the convent bell, Suddenly in the silence ringing  For the service of noonday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4116]]></link><description><![CDATA[He heard the convent bell, Suddenly in the silence ringing  For the service of noonday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is sorrow's salve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is sorrow's salve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire:   Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will definitely look at it through our office of seafood and determine whether there is something that requires further ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32903]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will definitely look at it through our office of seafood and determine whether there is something that requires further pursuit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm kind of disappointed. I've had (5,000 points) taped up on my mirror for a couple of weeks. I would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29681]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm kind of disappointed. I've had (5,000 points) taped up on my mirror for a couple of weeks. I would have had it, but I had a really bad long jump.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, something must be done for May, The time is drawing nigh--  To figure in the Catalogue,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, something must be done for May, The time is drawing nigh--  To figure in the Catalogue,   And woo the public eye.    Something I must invent and paint;     But oh my wit is not      Like one of those kind substantives       That answer Who and What?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort,  Whose wit well managed, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort,  Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style,   Give truth a lustre, and make wisdom smile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66277]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. -Arthur Schopenhauer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1860]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. -Arthur Schopenhauer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, Madame, I have fed like a farmer; I shall grow as fat as a porpoise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, Madame, I have fed like a farmer; I shall grow as fat as a porpoise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will swim without cork (without help). [Lat., Nabis sine cortice.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19163]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will swim without cork (without help). [Lat., Nabis sine cortice.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty has a lot to do with character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty has a lot to do with character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28769]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53290]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42796]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's real special to be a part of. He's a great coach and he deserves it. He pushes us and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34100]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's real special to be a part of. He's a great coach and he deserves it. He pushes us and expects a lot of us. We didn't know until the last field goal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42902]]></link><description><![CDATA[He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surround yourself with positive people and you'll be a positive person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surround yourself with positive people and you'll be a positive person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48257]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This bombastic announcement is open defiance of what the international community is asking from Iran. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32995]]></link><description><![CDATA[This bombastic announcement is open defiance of what the international community is asking from Iran.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most pharmacies are not going to sign up for every one of them. [You should] see which ones they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most pharmacies are not going to sign up for every one of them. [You should] see which ones they are working with and take your prescription medication list to your agent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We try to be good citizens in the NBA. The league thought we weren't good citizens, so we have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40681]]></link><description><![CDATA[We try to be good citizens in the NBA. The league thought we weren't good citizens, so we have to abide with what they ruled. The league thinks if one team does it, everybody is going to do it, and it would set a precedent by letting everybody go there and get benefits above and beyond what the collective bargaining agreement calls for. I don't agree or disagree. That's what the league is ruling, and I'm going to abide by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63632]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63632</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[The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61733]]></link><description><![CDATA[The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He got out of a big jam when he got Hilliard. The bottom line is he hit his spots and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31518]]></link><description><![CDATA[He got out of a big jam when he got Hilliard. The bottom line is he hit his spots and let the defense do the work for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61899]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let it alone. Let it pass by. [Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let it alone. Let it pass by. [Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sister and my sister's child, Myself and children three,  Will fill the chaise: so you must ride  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48933]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sister and my sister's child, Myself and children three,  Will fill the chaise: so you must ride   On horseback after me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37512]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught at last like a rat with all the world on its back. And the only thing left to do is shout -- not moan, or complain, but yell out at the top of your voice whatever it was you had to say. What you've never said before. What perhaps you don't even know till now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a cow is kept for every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1958]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a cow is kept for every three acres of land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream That this watch exists and has no watchmaker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10581]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream That this watch exists and has no watchmaker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I am off the board I can assure you Philip Riddle and VisitScotland will not have an easy ride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I am off the board I can assure you Philip Riddle and VisitScotland will not have an easy ride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must always tell what one sees. Above all, which is more difficult, one must always see what one sees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44800]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must always tell what one sees. Above all, which is more difficult, one must always see what one sees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100  When we say that the Scriptures are plain to all capacities ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Clement, Bishop of Rome, Martyr, c.100  When we say that the Scriptures are plain to all capacities in all things necessary, we mean that any man of ordinary capacity, by his own diligence and care, in conjunction with the helps and advantages which God hath appointed, and in the due use of them, may attain to the knowledge of everything necessary to his salvation; and that there is no book in the world more plain and better fitted to teach a man any art or science than the Bible is to direct and instruct men in the way to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27566]]></link><description><![CDATA[An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not a solution people are wanting to buy into. The main objection is to using public funds for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33245]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not a solution people are wanting to buy into. The main objection is to using public funds for private institutions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66260]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet letters of the angel tongue, I've loved ye long and well,  And never have failed in your fragrance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet letters of the angel tongue, I've loved ye long and well,  And never have failed in your fragrance sweet   To find some secret spell,--    A charm that has bound me with witching power,     For mine is the old belief,      That midst your sweets and midst your bloom,       There's a soul in every leaf!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think education is expensive, try ignorance! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13410]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13410</guid></item></channel></rss>