<?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[Hail to thee, far above the rest In joy of voice and pinion!  Thou, linnet! in thy green array, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail to thee, far above the rest In joy of voice and pinion!  Thou, linnet! in thy green array,   Presiding spirit here to-day,    Dost lead the revels of the May;     And this is thy dominion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64494]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17651]]></link><description><![CDATA[God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our wasted oil unprofitably burns, Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our wasted oil unprofitably burns, Like hidden lamps in old sepulchral urns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16688]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44795]]></link><description><![CDATA[The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change until we notice how our failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something attempted, something done Has earned a night's repose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something attempted, something done Has earned a night's repose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5122]]></link><description><![CDATA[No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then happy those, beloved of heaven, To whom the mingled cup is given;  Whose lenient sorrow find relief,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then happy those, beloved of heaven, To whom the mingled cup is given;  Whose lenient sorrow find relief,   Whose joys are chastened by their grief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29581]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael had one of his best years in many ways, although the fumbles were a great negative to the team. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michael had one of his best years in many ways, although the fumbles were a great negative to the team. He took it quite personally, and he's done a very good job of working on everything this offseason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voters can now check how many times Bush resorts to canned remarks, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Voters can now check how many times Bush resorts to canned remarks,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to understand, for a torture victim, this is an independent confirmation, ... And I would call this the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41272]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to understand, for a torture victim, this is an independent confirmation, ... And I would call this the start of the healing process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[White swan of cities, slumbering in thy nest So wonderfully built among the reeds  Of the lagoon, that fences ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60480]]></link><description><![CDATA[White swan of cities, slumbering in thy nest So wonderfully built among the reeds  Of the lagoon, that fences thee and feeds,   As sayeth thy old historian and thy guest!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The level of commitment and degree of responsibility that people took changed dramatically. What it's about is that the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38380]]></link><description><![CDATA[The level of commitment and degree of responsibility that people took changed dramatically. What it's about is that the people who actually create the wealth share the wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect. [Fr., La moquerie est souvent une indigence d'esprit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect. [Fr., La moquerie est souvent une indigence d'esprit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's clear that from a lack of presentation of the government's case on this issue, that they feel that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42212]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's clear that from a lack of presentation of the government's case on this issue, that they feel that he will be tortured. But for political reasons, they don't want to come right out and say that they will go for deferral. They will leave it up to the judge to decide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3938]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind every able man, there are always other able men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/84]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behind every able man, there are always other able men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/84</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis very certain the desire of life Prolongs it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48776]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis very certain the desire of life Prolongs it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I try to leave out the parts that people skip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27706]]></link><description><![CDATA[I try to leave out the parts that people skip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is happy agony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is happy agony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66136]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd...will achieve the impossible. I think...I think it's in my basement...Let me go upstairs and check.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10942]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tale in everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57930]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tale in everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot answer all the curious questions of the brain concerning prayer and law, not half of them, indeed, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6601]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot answer all the curious questions of the brain concerning prayer and law, not half of them, indeed, and I will not attempt to; but I will cast my anchor here in this revealing fact, that He, the Holiest of the Holy and the Wisest of the Wise, He prays. Therefore I am assured that this anchorage of Divine example will hold the vessel in the tossings of the wildest sea of doubt, and I shall be as safe as He was, if the vessel itself is engulfed in the waves of suffering and sorrow. His act is an argument. His prayer is an inspiration. His achievements are the everlasting and all-sufficient vindication of prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt everwithout eror, and nothing we achieve without some measure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt everwithout eror, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude andfallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last time we couldn't get anything going, ... (Saturday), we made some plays and were able to do some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34105]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last time we couldn't get anything going, ... (Saturday), we made some plays and were able to do some things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1762]]></link><description><![CDATA[To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4721]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to cover our bases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31598]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to cover our bases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the noise Of ancient trees falling while all was still  Before the storm, in the long interval ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59686]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the noise Of ancient trees falling while all was still  Before the storm, in the long interval   Between the gathering clouds and that light breeze    Which Germans call the Wind's bride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17525]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they hold their tongues they cry out. [Lat., Cum tacent clamant.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56280]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they hold their tongues they cry out. [Lat., Cum tacent clamant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our spirit is . . . to show ourselves eager to work for, and if need be, to die for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our spirit is . . . to show ourselves eager to work for, and if need be, to die for the Irish Republic. Facing our enemy we must declare an attitude simply. . . . We ask for no mercy and we will make no compromise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17616]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parsifal - the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock and after it has been going three hours, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parsifal - the kind of opera that starts at six o'clock and after it has been going three hours, you look at your watch and it says 6:20]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those have most power to hurt us, that we love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those have most power to hurt us, that we love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47912</guid></item></channel></rss>