<?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[When something is as remarkable as 'The Sopranos,' our audience would like to see it continue as long as possible, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31563]]></link><description><![CDATA[When something is as remarkable as 'The Sopranos,' our audience would like to see it continue as long as possible, so we are thrilled that David Chase felt there are more stories to be told,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5825]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no retracing our steps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50363]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no retracing our steps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist, like the idiot, or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8929]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist, like the idiot, or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him over it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After enlightenment, the laundry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22123]]></link><description><![CDATA[After enlightenment, the laundry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defence, not defiance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defence, not defiance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quest for riches darkens the sense of right and wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quest for riches darkens the sense of right and wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44782]]></link><description><![CDATA[The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622   Be patient, not only with respect to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622   Be patient, not only with respect to the main trials which beset you, but also under the accidental and accessory annoyances which arise out of them. We often find people who imagine themselves ready to accept a trial in itself who are impatient of its consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's. A few gifted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14772]]></link><description><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's. A few gifted individuals manage to do both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9825]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not going to get involved in the contractual details. I don't want to do that. One of the reasons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30670]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not going to get involved in the contractual details. I don't want to do that. One of the reasons I came into the job was to get away from that sort of thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel I've got unfinished business at international level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel I've got unfinished business at international level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess I got that one off my back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35464]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess I got that one off my back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starting in April, the lowest tides are in the morning, so that's when we schedule the digs. These morning digs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starting in April, the lowest tides are in the morning, so that's when we schedule the digs. These morning digs tend to be very popular, partly because we often get good weather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52492]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49837]]></link><description><![CDATA[The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43680]]></link><description><![CDATA[In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take the goods the gods provide thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take the goods the gods provide thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At length corruption, like a general flood (So long by watchful ministers withstood),  Shall deluge all; and avarice, creeping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10195]]></link><description><![CDATA[At length corruption, like a general flood (So long by watchful ministers withstood),  Shall deluge all; and avarice, creeping on,   Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988 I greet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Easter Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988 I greet Thy sepulchre, salute Thy grave,  That blest enclosure, where the angels gave  The first glad tidings of Thy early light,  And resurrection from the earth and night.  I see that morning in Thy convert's tears,  Fresh as the dew, which but this downing wears.  I smell her spices; and her ointment yields  As rich a scent as the now primrosed fields:  The Day-star smiles, and light, with Thee deceased,  Now shines in all the chambers of the East.  ... Henry Vaughan April 24, 2000 Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  The [Christian] "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more adequate, namely the actual incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who know him. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who know him. [Lat., Virtutis expers verbis jactans gloriam  Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45945]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work our differences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't see it go in because of the mound in front of the green, ... I knew it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38823]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't see it go in because of the mound in front of the green, ... I knew it was going to be close.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The original is unfaithful to the translation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10601]]></link><description><![CDATA[The original is unfaithful to the translation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people think Great God will come from the sky,Take away ev'rything, and make ev'rybody feel high.But if you know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people think Great God will come from the sky,Take away ev'rything, and make ev'rybody feel high.But if you know what life is worth, you would look for yours on earth,And now you see the light, you stand up for right, yah.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even with our best efforts to motivate our folks, it was difficult to get people out to vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even with our best efforts to motivate our folks, it was difficult to get people out to vote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14446]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think of this award as being what we call 'The Year of the Complete Ballplayer,' ... The player that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think of this award as being what we call 'The Year of the Complete Ballplayer,' ... The player that has done the most not only for his team, but has done most to help his team win baseball games. Not only for home runs, runs batted in and batting average, but also in the clubhouse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the past, the company had always been the only party that went looking for insurance coverage, and we didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32799]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the past, the company had always been the only party that went looking for insurance coverage, and we didn't feel like we had any control or say in it, and really we didn't. (Now the) insurance committee will have sole power to bring in representatives of insurance companies to listen to what they have and to make the decision on what insurance coverage is going to be elected by the union and the company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the gloamin' o' the wood The throssil whusslit sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59253]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the gloamin' o' the wood The throssil whusslit sweet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dealing with adversity is something you just can't coach or teach. You just have to deal with it. In a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dealing with adversity is something you just can't coach or teach. You just have to deal with it. In a way, it's been nice because we're all learning and growing. Once we got past the stage where we were making errors, we started to understand what we are capable of doing. There's always a chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By doing nothing we learne to do ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49168]]></link><description><![CDATA[By doing nothing we learne to do ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the world's enjoyments That ever valued were,  There's none of our employments   With fishing can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the world's enjoyments That ever valued were,  There's none of our employments   With fishing can compare.   - Thomas Durfee (or D'Urfey),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing the most intense bargaining among big states that we have seen since the end of the Cold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35953]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing the most intense bargaining among big states that we have seen since the end of the Cold War, with war in the offing and no certainty about the outcome,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been preaching about that - play based on what you know you can do well. If we play hard, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41934]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been preaching about that - play based on what you know you can do well. If we play hard, execute, keep going after the loose basketballs, we can make our own luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said that Sean Hannity took residence up Newt Gingrich'sbutt from 94 to 98. I got that from British intelligence.It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20101]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said that Sean Hannity took residence up Newt Gingrich'sbutt from 94 to 98. I got that from British intelligence.It turns out he only took up residence in 95.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bet your parents were proud of you, ... Even now, he has a bumper sticker on his truck showing off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bet your parents were proud of you, ... Even now, he has a bumper sticker on his truck showing off about collecting beer cans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew that Cox was a very good shooter from 3-point range and were determined to not let him get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38067]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew that Cox was a very good shooter from 3-point range and were determined to not let him get comfortable out there. I told our players to deny him the ball and make him put the ball on the floor and we definitely kept him from hurting us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books of science, though without any desire fixed of improvement, will grow more knowing; he that entertains himself with moral or religious treatises, will imperceptibly advance in goodness; the ideas which are often offered to the mind, will at last find a lucky moment when it is disposed to receive them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47121]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is aweapon that attacks the person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is aweapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. Andthe harms we do, we do to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The children with the streamlets sing, When April stops at last her weeping;  And every happy growing thing  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The children with the streamlets sing, When April stops at last her weeping;  And every happy growing thing   Laughs like a babe just roused from sleeping.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get the most out of your life, plant in your mind seeds of constructive power that will yield fruitful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62510]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get the most out of your life, plant in your mind seeds of constructive power that will yield fruitful results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66757]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know I got it made while the masses of black people are catchin' hell, but as long as they ain't free, I ain't free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49814]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49814</guid></item></channel></rss>