<?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[The berries of the brier rose Have lost their rounded pride:  The bitter-sweet chrysanthemums   Are drooping heavy-eyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16259]]></link><description><![CDATA[The berries of the brier rose Have lost their rounded pride:  The bitter-sweet chrysanthemums   Are drooping heavy-eyed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's go get the shit kicked out of us by love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's go get the shit kicked out of us by love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11857]]></link><description><![CDATA[A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfortunately, what they're playing on the radio now is not really fair to a lot of great musicians that are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, what they're playing on the radio now is not really fair to a lot of great musicians that are out there struggling to be heard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentiment is likely to be hit hard ... Investors were disappointed by the warning in October, as it was one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentiment is likely to be hit hard ... Investors were disappointed by the warning in October, as it was one of the first operators to lower expectations. This second hit to expectations is only likely to raise more questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ants and the Grasshopper THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collectedin the summertime. A Grasshopper, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1498]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ants and the Grasshopper THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collectedin the summertime. A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passedby and earnestly begged for a little food. The Ants inquired ofhim, Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?' Hereplied, I had not leisure enough. I passed the days insinging. They then said in derision: If you were foolish enoughto sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in thewinter.It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15524]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and then, in some practical way, some daily way, figure out how to see people differently than the way we were brought up to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She wasn't expected to live the first week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34043]]></link><description><![CDATA[She wasn't expected to live the first week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the story's narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till by broad spreading it disperse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till by broad spreading it disperse to naught]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was concerned and when I asked Ashton if she was OK, she smiled. I knew then that she would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33394]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was concerned and when I asked Ashton if she was OK, she smiled. I knew then that she would be OK.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59593]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus God's children are immorall whiles their Father hath anything for them to do on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus God's children are immorall whiles their Father hath anything for them to do on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are hoping this is real wake-up call so people can start getting ready for the colder weather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37324]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are hoping this is real wake-up call so people can start getting ready for the colder weather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45118]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives in their uses are sometimes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31375]]></link><description><![CDATA[The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives in their uses are sometimes the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63431]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree-- It has been, and shall be, the land of the free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree-- It has been, and shall be, the land of the free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them do a polygraph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them do a polygraph.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identified as charm, persuasion, uncertainty and bloody-mindedness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[one of the more enjoyable aspects of the job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42578]]></link><description><![CDATA[one of the more enjoyable aspects of the job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goblin was a new band and this was their first major work. The oldest of them was only 18. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goblin was a new band and this was their first major work. The oldest of them was only 18. They were very talented and I wanted to give them a break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true function of art is to...edit nature and so make it coherent and lovely. The artist is a sort ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true function of art is to...edit nature and so make it coherent and lovely. The artist is a sort of impassioned proofreader, blue-penciling the bad spelling of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with a budget is that it's hard to fill up one hole without digging another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4966]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with a budget is that it's hard to fill up one hole without digging another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We picked it up pretty well but we didn't run through blocks and open up some holes. If we could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40370]]></link><description><![CDATA[We picked it up pretty well but we didn't run through blocks and open up some holes. If we could just do that it would be a lot better and give Tony or Austin (Scott) a chance to just break past the line.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19415]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65491]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a short tournament and we have to stay humble about it. It's baseball and anything can happen. We feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41371]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a short tournament and we have to stay humble about it. It's baseball and anything can happen. We feel very good about the group we got here. We actually have the group we wanted and they seem to have the special love to play for their country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/352]]></link><description><![CDATA[That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blest tears of soul-felt penitence! In whose benign, redeeming flow  Is felt the first, the only sense   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blest tears of soul-felt penitence! In whose benign, redeeming flow  Is felt the first, the only sense   Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With an apple I will astonish Paris. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3335]]></link><description><![CDATA[With an apple I will astonish Paris.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hatred of relatives is the most violent. [Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hatred of relatives is the most violent. [Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39913]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of studies a dull brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58039]]></link><description><![CDATA[As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of studies a dull brain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I am unaware of love, I live drably. If I become intoxicated with love, I live in dreamland. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25917]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I am unaware of love, I live drably. If I become intoxicated with love, I live in dreamland. If I recognize love, and shake his hand then comfort, dreams, and sometimes intoxication become mine to drench in and give away as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/173]]></link><description><![CDATA['Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was real pleased how we held our composure, and I'm disappointed we couldn't come out with a win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32300]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was real pleased how we held our composure, and I'm disappointed we couldn't come out with a win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5304]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cforce does exactly what we need. Working from within Salesforce, I was immediately able to start sending emails without having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cforce does exactly what we need. Working from within Salesforce, I was immediately able to start sending emails without having to deal with a confusing list import process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20515]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are ready to talk, but it is just an exploratory conversation, since Brazil isn't negotiating with the United Kingdom. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31255]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are ready to talk, but it is just an exploratory conversation, since Brazil isn't negotiating with the United Kingdom. The negotiation involves the G-20 (the group of 21 developing countries), Europe, and the United States.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31255</guid></item></channel></rss>