<?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[On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine cooler, and said that it was sixteen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1710]]></link><description><![CDATA[On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old. "It is very small for its age," said Gnathaena.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46297]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if he goes to prep school, I think he still wants to go to Syracuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if he goes to prep school, I think he still wants to go to Syracuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to move a load today from Chicago to L.A., that load will spend half of its time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39809]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to move a load today from Chicago to L.A., that load will spend half of its time in Chicago or L.A..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44974]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62657]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's always been a problem with parking down here. I always said there are more cars then there are people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37661]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's always been a problem with parking down here. I always said there are more cars then there are people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33887]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I saw him speak here before, I could look into the audience and see people who look like him laughing at things I didn't know the references to. There is an intimacy between Chicago writers and the population of this city that I find really wonderful. It's warm and it's welcoming. It's a little like going to a Baptist church. They know when to say 'Amen'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1874]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. -Mark Twain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/248]]></link><description><![CDATA[We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40347]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lend me thy pen To write a word  In the moonlight.   Pierrot, my friend!    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lend me thy pen To write a word  In the moonlight.   Pierrot, my friend!    My candle's out,     I've no more fire;--      For love of God       Open thy door!        [Fr., Au clair de la lune         Mon ami Pierrot,          Prete moi ta plume           Pour ecrire un mot;            Ma chandelle est morte,             Je n'ai plus de feu,              Ouvre moi ta porte,               Pour l'amour de Dieu.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you keep by you, you may change and mend; But words once spoke can never be recall'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48943]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you keep by you, you may change and mend; But words once spoke can never be recall'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there was a Metro station at City Center, this would be a completely different discussion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36383]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there was a Metro station at City Center, this would be a completely different discussion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her joy in coaching these young women made them believe in themselves and depend on each other. Her guidance not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her joy in coaching these young women made them believe in themselves and depend on each other. Her guidance not only helped them excel here, it will help them become better, more compassionate leaders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are always sincere. They change sincerities, that's all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going into the match I didn't know he was so good at throwing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going into the match I didn't know he was so good at throwing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really decided to run because I believe that if elected I can make a change for the better in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35031]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really decided to run because I believe that if elected I can make a change for the better in Union City. Being a life-long resident, I've seen the city go through many changes, and the ones recently have not been the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have just about all I can take of myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2253]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have just about all I can take of myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have mixed feelings about these long European stages. Unlike some of our rivals we had no problems with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41118]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have mixed feelings about these long European stages. Unlike some of our rivals we had no problems with the windscreen misting over when it rained in October. But I think the problems could arise tomorrow if it rains. If it is really muddy on the second stage it could be dangerous; if you slide or lose traction, that is where the problems begin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are the land. The land is you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21256]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are the land. The land is you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wretched soul, bruised with adversity. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55406]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wretched soul, bruised with adversity. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy is he who bears a god within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy is he who bears a god within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest, Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest, Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26949]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is little distinct left without an effort of memory, then indeed the lights are rekindled for a moment -- but who can be sure that the Imagination is not the torch-bearer?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;  But round some corner of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy;  But round some corner of the streets of life   They of a sudden greet us with a smile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46800]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just needed to find a way to win. Our (confidence) was a little shaky. Three weeks ago we were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32837]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just needed to find a way to win. Our (confidence) was a little shaky. Three weeks ago we were on a pretty good streak and things just don't change overnight. ... It comes down to believing in each other and finding a way to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses muchmore;he who loses faith loses all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53587]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses muchmore;he who loses faith loses all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's call him Sugar, he's very sweet and he's the coach. ... Sugar is brilliant, I've even told your dad. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's call him Sugar, he's very sweet and he's the coach. ... Sugar is brilliant, I've even told your dad. I want to be happy and very, very rich and successful and I will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losers must have leave to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Losers must have leave to speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is one of the highest shot totals we have had ever. We were shooting all our shots high early ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30562]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is one of the highest shot totals we have had ever. We were shooting all our shots high early in the game. We needed to be shooting low on the goal. Once we started doing that, things turned around a little. Their goalie did a real good job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One out of suits with fortune. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55627]]></link><description><![CDATA[One out of suits with fortune. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42236]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confessed faults are half-mended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confessed faults are half-mended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life together under the Word will remain sound and healthy only where it does not form itself into a movement, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life together under the Word will remain sound and healthy only where it does not form itself into a movement, an order, a society... but rather where it understands itself as being a part of the one, holy, catholic, Christian Church, where it shares actively and passively in the sufferings and struggles of the whole Church. Every principle of selection, every separation connected with it that is not necessitated quite objectively by common work, local conditions, or family connections is of the greatest danger to a Christian community. When the way of intellectual or spiritual selection is taken, the human element always insinuates itself and robs the fellowship of its spiritual power and its effectiveness for the Church, and drives it into sectarianism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't need to have the pitchers ranked 1-2-3. We're going to go out there, and the guy who has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28443]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't need to have the pitchers ranked 1-2-3. We're going to go out there, and the guy who has the fresh arm is going to throw. It's good to have that much depth on the pitching staff, because we can use guys in certain situations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness and wisdom is the pathway leading to GOD'S LOVE! -Clara. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness and wisdom is the pathway leading to GOD'S LOVE! -Clara.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look for ghosts; but none will force Their way to me; 'tis falsely said  That even there was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look for ghosts; but none will force Their way to me; 'tis falsely said  That even there was intercourse   Between the living and the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The court has had to take a hard look at our resources and make difficult decisions balancing competing demands for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The court has had to take a hard look at our resources and make difficult decisions balancing competing demands for resources. While our current allocation of resources to the Twin Peaks Court may not be ideal, it is an appropriate allocation when all factors are considered. While I realize this will be disappointing news to you, I can assure you the matter was given serious thought before a decision was made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63633]]></link><description><![CDATA[here is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63633</guid></item></channel></rss>