<?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 disaster in New Orleans] is not an act of god, ... This is an act of man. The federal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30045]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The disaster in New Orleans] is not an act of god, ... This is an act of man. The federal government refused to spend the money to improve the levees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who forsees calamities, suffers them twice over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5179]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who forsees calamities, suffers them twice over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But few prize honour more than money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51068]]></link><description><![CDATA[But few prize honour more than money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go, go, good countrymen, and for this fault Assemble all the poor men of your sort;  Draw them to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go, go, good countrymen, and for this fault Assemble all the poor men of your sort;  Draw them to the Tiber banks, and weep your tears   Into the channel, till the lowest stream    Do kiss the most exalted shores of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a second independence for us, and one that was made by the Lebanese people. It can only mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34382]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a second independence for us, and one that was made by the Lebanese people. It can only mean that accountability and democracy will advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "great commitment" is so much easier than the ordinary, everyday one--and can all too easily shut our hearts to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7224]]></link><description><![CDATA[The "great commitment" is so much easier than the ordinary, everyday one--and can all too easily shut our hearts to the latter. A willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice can be associated with, and even produce, a great hardness of heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart loves, but moods have no loyalty. Moods should be heard but never danced to ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43055]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart loves, but moods have no loyalty. Moods should be heard but never danced to]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For discords make the sweetest airs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43441]]></link><description><![CDATA[For discords make the sweetest airs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8946]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8946</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[It adds a precious seeing to the eye. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55495]]></link><description><![CDATA[It adds a precious seeing to the eye. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took hundreds of years and thousands of lives, but the Universe finally taught me it's one and only lesson. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53240]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took hundreds of years and thousands of lives, but the Universe finally taught me it's one and only lesson. Existence is worthless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is not absence death to those who love? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not absence death to those who love?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66425]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5546]]></link><description><![CDATA[We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 65 percent solution is the equivalent of a chicken in every pot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37533]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 65 percent solution is the equivalent of a chicken in every pot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8663]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fierce unrest seethes at the core Of all existing things:  It was the eager wish to soar  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22826]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fierce unrest seethes at the core Of all existing things:  It was the eager wish to soar   That gave the gods their wings.    . . . .     There throbs through all the worlds that are      This heart-beat not and strong,       And shaken systems, star by star,        Awake and glow in song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flea in his ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48513]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flea in his ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63464]]></link><description><![CDATA[A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief,  The doves of Noah ne'er had roost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief,  The doves of Noah ne'er had roost   Nor found an olive-leaf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to stop Sharon. His lethal policies are drawing blood on both sides. That's why we need a serious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36241]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to stop Sharon. His lethal policies are drawing blood on both sides. That's why we need a serious intervention -- international troops. And we need to end the occupation if there is to be security for both people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64567]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green,  O lily bursting white,   Dear lily of delight,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25087]]></link><description><![CDATA[O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green,  O lily bursting white,   Dear lily of delight,    Spring in my heart agen     That I may flower to men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation: Everyone's illusion of wealth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation: Everyone's illusion of wealth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So sweet, so sweet the roses in their blowing, So sweet the daffodils, so fair to see;  So blithe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23568]]></link><description><![CDATA[So sweet, so sweet the roses in their blowing, So sweet the daffodils, so fair to see;  So blithe and gay the humming-bird a going   From flower to flower, a-hunting with the bee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing is socialization. They take the dogs everywhere, to church, to restaurants, to malls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36424]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing is socialization. They take the dogs everywhere, to church, to restaurants, to malls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I imagine one of the reasons people cling to thier hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58386]]></link><description><![CDATA[I imagine one of the reasons people cling to thier hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. -James Baldwin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not a self-made man. I cannot forget those who have sacrificed for me to get where I am today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53316]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not a self-made man. I cannot forget those who have sacrificed for me to get where I am today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65879]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she eagerly sought she soon tires of and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50189]]></link><description><![CDATA[As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, definitely. That team, like this one, was a lot of interchangeable parts, getting up and down the floor, playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, definitely. That team, like this one, was a lot of interchangeable parts, getting up and down the floor, playing tenacious defense, predicated on great guard play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Brandon) Webb is a premier, No. 1 (starter) in this league. I felt I put some good at-bats against him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32649]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Brandon) Webb is a premier, No. 1 (starter) in this league. I felt I put some good at-bats against him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17365]]></link><description><![CDATA[... one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50135]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists that can bring up as much as 19 tons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're still waiting to hear what resources are needed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33021]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're still waiting to hear what resources are needed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was big. I think that was the play that got everybody going a little bit. Then, when I was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41879]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was big. I think that was the play that got everybody going a little bit. Then, when I was able to tie it with a free throw, it made a little statement to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50866]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An honest exceeding poor man. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55574]]></link><description><![CDATA[An honest exceeding poor man. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glutton: one who digs his grave with his teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glutton: one who digs his grave with his teeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . for righteous monarchs, Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;  To rule o'er freemen, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16664]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . for righteous monarchs, Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;  To rule o'er freemen, should themselves be free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16664</guid></item></channel></rss>