<?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[Neglected by Congress below, distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army, which may rather be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neglected by Congress below, distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army, which may rather be called a great rabble, our credit and reputation lost, and great part of the country; and a powerful foreign enemy advancing upon us, are so many difficulties we cannot surmount them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad. [Lat., Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad. [Lat., Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I might a rose-bud grow And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.  To place me on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54440]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I might a rose-bud grow And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.  To place me on that breast of snow   Where I should bloom a wintry flower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48217]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24182]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May I now pass on to this Congress advice which I received recently from a fellow Vermonter - Either impeach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36600]]></link><description><![CDATA[May I now pass on to this Congress advice which I received recently from a fellow Vermonter - Either impeach him or get off his back]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to be the leading investment bank in the world, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39094]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to be the leading investment bank in the world,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We try to be good citizens in the NBA. The league thought we weren't good citizens, so we have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40681]]></link><description><![CDATA[We try to be good citizens in the NBA. The league thought we weren't good citizens, so we have to abide with what they ruled. The league thinks if one team does it, everybody is going to do it, and it would set a precedent by letting everybody go there and get benefits above and beyond what the collective bargaining agreement calls for. I don't agree or disagree. That's what the league is ruling, and I'm going to abide by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look in the chronicles; we came in with Richard Conqueror. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look in the chronicles; we came in with Richard Conqueror. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The signing of Chad is outstanding because he sets the tone for our football team and the guys up front. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32354]]></link><description><![CDATA[The signing of Chad is outstanding because he sets the tone for our football team and the guys up front. His knowledge of the game and the effort with which he plays are unparalleled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's somebody that others can look up to just because she always does the right thing. She is very supportive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29139]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's somebody that others can look up to just because she always does the right thing. She is very supportive and always positive, so that's always a good thing. When she is up, the team is also up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19529]]></link><description><![CDATA[To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Lee is dead, that good old man,-- We ne'er shall see him more:  He used to wear an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2712]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Lee is dead, that good old man,-- We ne'er shall see him more:  He used to wear an old drab coat   All buttoned down before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6148]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Others again, perhaps truly awakened by the Spirit of God to devote themselves wholly to piety and the service of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Others again, perhaps truly awakened by the Spirit of God to devote themselves wholly to piety and the service of God, yet making too much haste to have the glory of saints, the elements of fallen nature -- selfishness, envy, pride, and wrath -- could secretly go along with them. For to seek for eminence and significancy in grace is but like seeking for eminence and significancy in nature. And the old man can relish glory and distinction in religion as well as in common life, and will be content to undergo as many labours, pains, and self-denials for the sake of religious, as for the sake of secular glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63766]]></link><description><![CDATA[A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My prediction? This move will be completely forgotten. Few to nobody will use it. And, 6 to 12 months from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42165]]></link><description><![CDATA[My prediction? This move will be completely forgotten. Few to nobody will use it. And, 6 to 12 months from now, Oracle will have to give a real response to the open-source threat it faces. Tossing a lightweight database in front of a fast-moving market that wants free, open, and killer databases just won't fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet is someone who is astonished by everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25281]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get leave to work In this world,--'tis the best you get at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get leave to work In this world,--'tis the best you get at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11378]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am only one, but I am one. I can't do everything, but I can do something. The something I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47860]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am only one, but I am one. I can't do everything, but I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do. And by the grace of God, I will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sop to Cerebus. If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sop to Cerebus. If I can find Cerebus a sop, I shall be at rest for one day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land was alive to his loving touch, and he, its son, was brother to all creatures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No injury can be complained of by a consenting party. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50555]]></link><description><![CDATA[No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason: For why in man's matters is neither rime ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53108]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason: For why in man's matters is neither rime nor reason.  [Lat., Omnia sunt risus, sunt pulvis, et omnia nil sunt:   Res hominum cunctae, nam ratione lies.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49522]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good prayer is master of anothers purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49031]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good prayer is master of anothers purse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things always happen in series. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things always happen in series.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there an equality of power between America and Iraq? Definitely not; however, the Iraqi people are standing fast and are defending their land courageously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every county gets money under this plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every county gets money under this plan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A completely different type of audience. They really like traditional bluegrass music over there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38384]]></link><description><![CDATA[A completely different type of audience. They really like traditional bluegrass music over there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising is the very essence of democracy.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising is the very essence of democracy.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16008]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept failure as a normal part of living. View it as part of the process of exploring your world; make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept failure as a normal part of living. View it as part of the process of exploring your world; make a note of its lessons and move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fat's all in the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fat's all in the fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65537]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best fantasy is written in the language of dreams. It is alive as dreams are alive, more real than real ... for a moment at least ... that long magic moment before we wake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate;  And whatever sky's above ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate;  And whatever sky's above me,   Here's a heart for every fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53083]]></link><description><![CDATA["I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52094]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consumers, with higher energy prices and higher interest rates, are going to have cut back somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Wilson's cousins, Michael Allen and Johnny Allen, live in an apartment upstairs from him and are among five evacuees who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42413]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Wilson's cousins, Michael Allen and Johnny Allen, live in an apartment upstairs from him and are among five evacuees who have enrolled in classes at the University of Texas at El Paso.] I didn't want to lose out on a whole semester, ... They made it real easy for us to enroll in school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a trip to Mexico [in 1984]... I fell ill... The illness was protracted... I suffered a mild depression... When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8413]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a trip to Mexico [in 1984]... I fell ill... The illness was protracted... I suffered a mild depression... When [an episcopal priest] prayed for my recovery, I choked up and wept. The only prayer I knew word for word was the Pater Noster. On that day and in the days after it, I found myself repeating the Lord's Prayer, again and again, and meaning every word of it. Quite suddenly, when I was awake one night, a light dawned on me, and I realized what had happened... After many years of affirming God's existence and trying to give adequate reasons for that affirmation, I found myself believing in God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8413</guid></item></channel></rss>