<?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[In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57746]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would have thee gone, And yet no further than a wanton's bird,  Who lets it hop a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51471]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would have thee gone, And yet no further than a wanton's bird,  Who lets it hop a little from her hand,   Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,    And with a silk thread plucks it back again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1917]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26445]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little by little, the pimps have taken over the world. They don't do anything, they don't make anything - they just stand there and take their cut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would have been a waste to switch. But had we moved anywhere else, I wouldn't have gotten to stay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40312]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would have been a waste to switch. But had we moved anywhere else, I wouldn't have gotten to stay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of success is showing up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of success is showing up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got frustrated. You know how it is when seniors know they might be playing their last game. They get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31509]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got frustrated. You know how it is when seniors know they might be playing their last game. They get a little frustrated and lose their poise a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silent, grim, colossal, the Big City has ever stood against its revilers. They call it hard as iron; they say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silent, grim, colossal, the Big City has ever stood against its revilers. They call it hard as iron; they say that nothing of pity beats in its bosom; they compare its streets with lonely forests and deserts of lava. But beneath the hard crust of the lobster is found a delectable and luscious food. Perhaps a different simile would have been wiser. Still nobody should take offence. We would call nobody a lobster with good and sufficient claws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65543]]></link><description><![CDATA[In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The path you had chosen, may not be the right time for you. There may be something else which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62931]]></link><description><![CDATA[The path you had chosen, may not be the right time for you. There may be something else which is undone and God wants you to focus on it before travelling on your desired path. Everything has its own time. Follow your conscience and don't forget your priorities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11233]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She trains with the boys. There's no reason why she can't be one of the top 10 runners in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41765]]></link><description><![CDATA[She trains with the boys. There's no reason why she can't be one of the top 10 runners in the state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a hero without love for mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19269]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a hero without love for mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639  Faith keeps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639  Faith keeps the soul at a holy distance from these infinite depths of divine wisdom, where it profits more by reverence and holy fear than any can do by their utmost attempt to draw nigh to that inaccessible light wherein these glories of the divine nature do dwell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much better to get wisdom than gold,    to choose understanding rather than silver! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33436]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much better to get wisdom than gold,    to choose understanding rather than silver!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13370]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am from Massachusetts, The land of the sacred cod,  There the Adamses snub the Abootts   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59382]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am from Massachusetts, The land of the sacred cod,  There the Adamses snub the Abootts   And the Cabots walk with God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He always gets it done. If it's not scoring, it's assists, it's steals, and he always has a big night ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29513]]></link><description><![CDATA[He always gets it done. If it's not scoring, it's assists, it's steals, and he always has a big night rebounding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a lot of guys who are versatile. That's what keeps you in this league sometimes, and we've just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42406]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a lot of guys who are versatile. That's what keeps you in this league sometimes, and we've just got to show that again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conform and be dull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conform and be dull.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24285]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is plenty of law at the end of a nightstick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7662]]></link><description><![CDATA[In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their sense of the Spirit behind the action, not by any speculations as to consequences which might ensue. And so they found the truth. Gradually the results of the action manifested themselves, and, seeing them, they perceived what they had really done, and learnt the meaning of the truth revealed in the action. But if, from fear of the consequences, they had checked or forbidden the action, they would have lost this revelation. They would have missed the way to truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49937]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17231]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24614]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Horses are predictably unpredictable ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Horses are predictably unpredictable]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church-going bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4104]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church-going bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles  The unbelieving mind would not be convinced by any proof, and the worshiping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles  The unbelieving mind would not be convinced by any proof, and the worshiping heart needs none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're the party that wants to see an America in which people can still get rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45597]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're the party that wants to see an America in which people can still get rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19665]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have nothing against him. I just don't think a candidate should run unopposed ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ especially for a position as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33140]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have nothing against him. I just don't think a candidate should run unopposed ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ especially for a position as important as this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane,  Immovable for three days past,   Points to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52937]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane,  Immovable for three days past,   Points to the misty main.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too often in the past, Tony Blair has gone to Washington and instead of pressing the British case or British ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too often in the past, Tony Blair has gone to Washington and instead of pressing the British case or British arguments, he has effectively done what the president asked him to do and forgotten that he should be arguing Britain's corner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear  In cadence sweet; now dying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4105]]></link><description><![CDATA[How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear  In cadence sweet; now dying all away,   Now pealing loud again, and louder still,    Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on!     With easy force it opens all the cells      Where Memory slept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all those who have not a single virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60503]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all those who have not a single virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18942]]></link><description><![CDATA[What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Fourth Estate, of Able Editors, springs up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23330</guid></item></channel></rss>