<?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 doubt anyone will ever see -- anywhere -- a memorial to a pessimist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46437]]></link><description><![CDATA[I doubt anyone will ever see -- anywhere -- a memorial to a pessimist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold their nose to the grindstone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold their nose to the grindstone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patch grief with proverbs. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patch grief with proverbs. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687  The Church is her true self only when she exists for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687  The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy. The clergy should live solely on the free-will offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There's none of these so lonely and poor of old,  But, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There's none of these so lonely and poor of old,  But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.   These laid the world away: poured out the red    Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be     Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene      That men call age, and those who would have been       Their sons, they gave their immortality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all o its meaninglessness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all o its meaninglessness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His shortcoming is his long staying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4729]]></link><description><![CDATA[His shortcoming is his long staying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/82]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/82</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge is profitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge is profitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were trying to do too much at times. Fort Dodge wants to play an up-tempo game and push it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29733]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were trying to do too much at times. Fort Dodge wants to play an up-tempo game and push it, and we kind of got sucked into that. We were forcing things. We need to do a better job of sticking to our stuff and doing what we want to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRELATE, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19580]]></link><description><![CDATA[PRELATE, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't say I could do all that they do; they are really motivated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28856]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't say I could do all that they do; they are really motivated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darryl Gibson has been quite magnificent coming inside Andrew Mehrtens, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darryl Gibson has been quite magnificent coming inside Andrew Mehrtens, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of the same today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equal rights for all, special privileges for none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man over forty is a scoundrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man over forty is a scoundrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punk rock seems like my childhood, the glorious, very exciting naivete of rock n' roll. Stenguns and guitars seem very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punk rock seems like my childhood, the glorious, very exciting naivete of rock n' roll. Stenguns and guitars seem very idealistic when you're twenty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They mostly recruit distance runners. They noticed how I've progressed through high school. They told me I have a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33495]]></link><description><![CDATA[They mostly recruit distance runners. They noticed how I've progressed through high school. They told me I have a lot of room to improve once I get to college.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albrecht's Law - Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Albrecht's Law - Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It is not enough to have truth planted in our minds. We must learn and labor to keep the ground clear of thorns and briars, follies and perversities, which have a wicked propensity to choke the word of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2615]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchy is a form of crime ... We will search the perpetrators, detain them and bring them to trial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anarchy is a form of crime ... We will search the perpetrators, detain them and bring them to trial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a very demanding profession. There?s a need to be accurate, and if people keep running ragged, there?s this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37763]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a very demanding profession. There?s a need to be accurate, and if people keep running ragged, there?s this sense of burnout. We know our people need to rest and recover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9306]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58785]]></link><description><![CDATA[So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54797]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The West knows very well that we are not seeking to build nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are against our political ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29780]]></link><description><![CDATA[The West knows very well that we are not seeking to build nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are against our political and economic interests and our Islamic beliefs. Therefore, the Islamic Republic will not fear the uproar and will continue the path of scientific progress relying on its principles and the world cannot influence the will of our people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45282]]></link><description><![CDATA[What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport, And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,--  Crouching 'midst rosy bowers thou lurk'st ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport, And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,--  Crouching 'midst rosy bowers thou lurk'st unseen   Slumbering the festal hours away,    While Youth disports in that enchanting scene;     Till on some fated day      Thou with a tiger-spring dost leap upon thy prey,       And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no knight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit maketh no monke, ne wearing of guilt spurs maketh no knight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chances of drawing hard-bucking bulls is much greater today than it was 10 to 15 years ago. Exponentially, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33788]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chances of drawing hard-bucking bulls is much greater today than it was 10 to 15 years ago. Exponentially, it increases the risk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64151]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Churches belong together in the Church. What that may mean for our ecclesiastical groupings we do not know. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Churches belong together in the Church. What that may mean for our ecclesiastical groupings we do not know. We have not discovered the kind or outward manifestation which God wills that we shall give to that inner unity. But we must seek it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54394]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're certainly not celebrating her. We're repudiating her on International Women's Day. That's a slap on her. You cannot celebrate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31113]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're certainly not celebrating her. We're repudiating her on International Women's Day. That's a slap on her. You cannot celebrate women's rights and welfare and the struggle to liberate women without denouncing this particular woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10108]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17657]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine God. Or else, hatred against the bogged-down vileness of average man as against the possible heights that humanity might attain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want this issue hanging over our heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40539]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want this issue hanging over our heads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It helped out a lot that I was in Providence. I got to know some guys, the coaches, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29243]]></link><description><![CDATA[It helped out a lot that I was in Providence. I got to know some guys, the coaches, and the style of play. That makes it a lot easier than it is for some of the younger guys coming out of college or junior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8875]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winding up days with toil and nights with sleep. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12180</guid></item></channel></rss>