<?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[I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11307]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable grayness, with nothing underfoot, with nothing around, without spectators, without clamor, without glory, without the great desire of victory, without the great fear of defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of the proposals were for marine liability insurance. Which makes sense. Shoreline Cruises Inc. conducts tour boat operations on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42421]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of the proposals were for marine liability insurance. Which makes sense. Shoreline Cruises Inc. conducts tour boat operations on a landlocked lake. There is not a whole lot of on-ground stuff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19007]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ungovernable passion for wealth. [Lat., Opum furiata cupido.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61416]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ungovernable passion for wealth. [Lat., Opum furiata cupido.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet still he fills affection's eye, Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61524]]></link><description><![CDATA[A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a short madness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a short madness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I threw away my phoneI thought that you should knowI'd throw away my homeIf I had somewhere to goAnything to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13730]]></link><description><![CDATA[I threw away my phoneI thought that you should knowI'd throw away my homeIf I had somewhere to goAnything to stopThe circle in my brainAnything is better than youMaking me feel lame28 days to kick the habit28 days to let you go28 days and I'll be on my ownAll my life I've been sorry for somethingSomething gets me nothing and nothings such a wasteAll this time I've been sayin I'm sorryBut why should I be sorry for all of your mistakesWhy should I be sorryI've had enough of youPlease forget my nameI'm runnin around on emptyStill tryin to get awayAnything to killThe consciousness of youAnything to end myselfBefore the thought of you28 days to kick the habit28 days to let you go28 days and I'll be on my ownAll my life I've been sorry for somethingSomething gets me nothing and nothings such a wasteAll this time I've been sayin I'm sorryBut why should I be sorry for all of your mistakesNow you'll know what it feels like to bite your tongueNow you'll know what it feels like to be the oneWho walks around with knots in your stomachI've been there, and I've done itAnd now you'll know what it feels likeTo always be afraidOf everything you wanted to sayWho's sorry nowWho's sorry nowWho's sorry nowAll my life I've been sorry for somethingSomething gets me nothing and nothings such a wasteAll this time I've been sayin I'm sorryBut why should I be sorry for all of your mistakesAll my life I've been sorry for somethingSomething gets me nothing and nothings such a wasteAll this time I've been sayin I'm sorryBut why should I be sorry for all of your mistakesWho's sorry now?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18568]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18683]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20165]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wolf and the CraneA WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1516]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wolf and the CraneA WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf. In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were stopped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5558]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are restless because of incessant change, but we would be frightened if change were stopped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want to work to correspond to an image. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36770]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want to work to correspond to an image.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tempo was exactly where we wanted it. I think a few people were getting nervous, but we were doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tempo was exactly where we wanted it. I think a few people were getting nervous, but we were doing exactly what we wanted. I knew that we would be alright and the goals would come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tone of the market was already negative, and that was reinforced today by the news from Brazil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35873]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tone of the market was already negative, and that was reinforced today by the news from Brazil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Singletary and Reynolds score half of their points, so we knew they were the key to their victories every night. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Singletary and Reynolds score half of their points, so we knew they were the key to their victories every night. We just kind of keyed on them (and) didn't let them catch the ball in time to give it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35739]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone, And hides the ruin that it feeds upon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23108]]></link><description><![CDATA[As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone, And hides the ruin that it feeds upon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Build me a shrine, and I could kneel To rural Gods, or prostrate fall;  Did I not see, did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Build me a shrine, and I could kneel To rural Gods, or prostrate fall;  Did I not see, did I not feel.   That One Great Spirit governs all.    O Heaven, permit that I may lie     Where o'er my corse green branches wave;      And those who from life's tumults fly       With kindred feelings press my grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59095]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When's it going to get real? When are there going to be two sides? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40965]]></link><description><![CDATA[When's it going to get real? When are there going to be two sides?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   George Brush, the hero of [Thornton Wilder's] "Heaven's My Destination", ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   George Brush, the hero of [Thornton Wilder's] "Heaven's My Destination", a textbook salesman and evangelist extraordinary, is the innocent fool, in the kindliest sense of both the noun and the adjective. He is striving to be the fool in Christ, sowing the inevitable amazement, consternation and wrath that must ensue when Christ's fool runs at large among the worldly wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have Dick to thank for adding the word 'regionalism' to our vocabulary. During his 12-year tenure with the Chamber, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33473]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have Dick to thank for adding the word 'regionalism' to our vocabulary. During his 12-year tenure with the Chamber, he has been a powerful voice for regional cooperation and collaboration with outstanding results. His accomplishments are numerous, but this will almost certainly be his lasting legacy to our region.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I saw was equal ecstasy: One universal smile it seemed of all things.  [It., Cio ch'io vedeva mi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24172]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I saw was equal ecstasy: One universal smile it seemed of all things.  [It., Cio ch'io vedeva mi sembrava un riso   Dell's universo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What joy have I in June's return? My feet are parched--my eyeballs burn,  I scent no flowery gust;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23564]]></link><description><![CDATA[What joy have I in June's return? My feet are parched--my eyeballs burn,  I scent no flowery gust;   But faint the flagging zephyr springs,    With dry Macadam on its wings,     And turns me "dust to dust."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43970]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22907]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the past two days we have probably gotten at least 10 bags of clothes, toys, shoes ... it's just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40577]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the past two days we have probably gotten at least 10 bags of clothes, toys, shoes ... it's just incredible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are back in play with this filing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41999]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are back in play with this filing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20577]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopefully it'll be a guy we feel good about that can play in the Major Leagues someday. He'll probably be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hopefully it'll be a guy we feel good about that can play in the Major Leagues someday. He'll probably be a little further away [than Phillips was].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can believe anything provided it is incredible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can believe anything provided it is incredible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   The Church knew what the Psalmist knew: music praises God. Music ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   The Church knew what the Psalmist knew: music praises God. Music is as well, or better, able to praise Him than the building of a church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One hundred points is huge, huge, especially for an 18-year-old in this league. That's pretty unbelievable. It's definitely something I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32047]]></link><description><![CDATA[One hundred points is huge, huge, especially for an 18-year-old in this league. That's pretty unbelievable. It's definitely something I want to help him achieve. Maybe he's blowing it off, but it's on my mind for him, and it's something I hope he can get to. But I think he's just going to play his game. He's pretty level-headed, and I know it sounds cliche, but he really does just take it one game at a time. And that's good on his part just to stay focused. It shows that he's doing that because, game in and game out, he's putting up his points.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chuse a horse made, and a wife to make.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They (fans) respond mostly to what WWE trains them to respond to. An ankle lock gets over because Kurt Angle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30831]]></link><description><![CDATA[They (fans) respond mostly to what WWE trains them to respond to. An ankle lock gets over because Kurt Angle does the ankle lock and everyone submits to it. A triangle by Undertaker doesn't get over because WWE has never trained the fans to accept that as a finish because no one ever taps to it. And it was the same thing when Shamrock was in WWE.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As best gem upon her zone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As best gem upon her zone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale;  And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale;  And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet   Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle,    Protective of his young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going into the season, I knew they were going to be the one seed in the Foothills League. I honestly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going into the season, I knew they were going to be the one seed in the Foothills League. I honestly thought we would be the No. 2 team and we proved it today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2029]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2029</guid></item></channel></rss>