<?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[You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10062]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13475]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4458]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind every great fortune there is a crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behind every great fortune there is a crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There 's the humour of it. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55355]]></link><description><![CDATA[There 's the humour of it. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5577]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretty healthy retail sales growth in November reinforces belief that consumer spending is picking up to some extent, and reduces ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretty healthy retail sales growth in November reinforces belief that consumer spending is picking up to some extent, and reduces the case for a near-term interest rate cut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science has explained nothing; the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pressure is growing inside the system to contain him and to pass these four years as quickly as possible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41302]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pressure is growing inside the system to contain him and to pass these four years as quickly as possible without too much damage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s time we framed every question - every issue -- not in terms of what’s in it for ‘me,’ but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12352]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s time we framed every question - every issue -- not in terms of what’s in it for ‘me,’ but what’s in it for all of us? And when you ask that simple question - what’s in it for all of us? - the direction not taken in America could not be more clear or compelling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few actions on Earth more profane than a governmental dream holding hostage the well-being of humanity. When such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38891]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few actions on Earth more profane than a governmental dream holding hostage the well-being of humanity. When such an abrogation occurs, the moral obligation between the government and the people dissolves, and ethics is reduced to insignificance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This proves to the world that Iraqis are writing their own constitution. We want to be sure to write something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36222]]></link><description><![CDATA[This proves to the world that Iraqis are writing their own constitution. We want to be sure to write something that keeps Iraq intact, in land and in people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the operation has been successful, so it is going to be two or three weeks before he is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the operation has been successful, so it is going to be two or three weeks before he is fit and available for selection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think that there's at least an interesting discussion to have in the industry as to whether or not there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30652]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think that there's at least an interesting discussion to have in the industry as to whether or not there is a need to have this higher operating authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame;  Ev'ything thet's done inhuman   Injers all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame;  Ev'ything thet's done inhuman   Injers all on 'em the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He beat the bushes without taking the birds. [Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14930]]></link><description><![CDATA[He beat the bushes without taking the birds. [Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozillons.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14612]]></link><description><![CDATA[O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What passing bells for these who die as cattle?Only the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25352]]></link><description><![CDATA[What passing bells for these who die as cattle?Only the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan patter out their hasty orisons. - Anthem for Doomed Youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of prayer because they "cannot meditate" should examine, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of prayer because they "cannot meditate" should examine, not their capacity for meditation, but their capacity for suffering and love. For there is a hard and costly element, a deep seriousness, a crucial choice, in all genuine religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, where did hunter win So delicate a skin  For her feet?   You lucky little kid,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, where did hunter win So delicate a skin  For her feet?   You lucky little kid,    You perished, so you did,     For my sweet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43671]]></link><description><![CDATA[I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, "Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The King has become a failure in his mission for which he had assumed power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41279]]></link><description><![CDATA[The King has become a failure in his mission for which he had assumed power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56290]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a word is worth a coin, silence is worth two.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born out of concern for all beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born out of concern for all beings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? He was all for love and a little for the bottle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? He was all for love and a little for the bottle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15481]]></link><description><![CDATA[For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial. [Lat., Nam quamblibet saepe obligati, si quid unum neges, hoc solum meminerunt, quod negatum est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact. When a man becomes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact. When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work. They were not thinking of getting killed when they went where death lurked. They went there to put the fire out, and got killed. Firefighters do not regard themselves as heroes because they do what the business requires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of all beauty, I call love, The attribute, the evidence, and end,  The consummation to the inward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of all beauty, I call love, The attribute, the evidence, and end,  The consummation to the inward sense   Of beauty apprehended from without,    I still call love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off-the-rack solutions, like bargain basement dresses, never fit anymore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Off-the-rack solutions, like bargain basement dresses, never fit anymore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wanted to be a Buccaneer, and we want him to be a Buccaneer. In just a few days of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30755]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wanted to be a Buccaneer, and we want him to be a Buccaneer. In just a few days of conversations, we were able to reach an agreement with him, and it cleared up room so that we can sign some of our own players back and go out into free agency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This deal marks the first of many to come and illustrates how, by working together with producers, we will achieve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42494]]></link><description><![CDATA[This deal marks the first of many to come and illustrates how, by working together with producers, we will achieve agreements that are mutually beneficial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8990]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15308]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising:  There are forty feeding like one! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising:  There are forty feeding like one!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66071]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All will come out in the washing. [Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8855]]></link><description><![CDATA[All will come out in the washing. [Sp., Todo saldra en al colada.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saints need sinners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saints need sinners.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never had ill workeman good tooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never had ill workeman good tooles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/978]]></link><description><![CDATA[One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costs should never be a concern in making school bus riding as safe as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Costs should never be a concern in making school bus riding as safe as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that fights and runs away will live to fight another day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51978]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that fights and runs away will live to fight another day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11882]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though "Bother it" I may Occasionally say,  I never never use a big, big, D. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though "Bother it" I may Occasionally say,  I never never use a big, big, D.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58471</guid></item></channel></rss>