<?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[640K ought to be enough for anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9576]]></link><description><![CDATA[640K ought to be enough for anybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25338]]></link><description><![CDATA[We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss, and the more wearing, continuous pain of frustration and failure; and have had moods of unlooked-for release and peace. They have known and watched in themselves and others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53813]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33286]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but the lark so shrill and clear; Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings,  The morn not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24095]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but the lark so shrill and clear; Now at heaven's gate she claps her wings,  The morn not waking till she sings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who seeks for aid Must show how service sought can be repaid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who seeks for aid Must show how service sought can be repaid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change your language and you change your thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change your language and you change your thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15895]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's definitely nice. It's kind of like home-court advantage because I played here two years in high school and then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29067]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's definitely nice. It's kind of like home-court advantage because I played here two years in high school and then a bunch of times in college. I'm real familiar with the gym and the baskets have nice shooting rims. I'm glad we're back in Denver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is part of the cure to wish to be cured. [Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18927]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is part of the cure to wish to be cured. [Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3488]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear has its use but cowardice has none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear has its use but cowardice has none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41206]]></link><description><![CDATA[I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back in the Saddle Again ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back in the Saddle Again]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything can be improved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything can be improved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People should be very excited about what's going to happen, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33185]]></link><description><![CDATA[People should be very excited about what's going to happen,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our rash faults Make trivial price of serious thing we have,  Not knowing them until we know their grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our rash faults Make trivial price of serious thing we have,  Not knowing them until we know their grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers, Kind deeds are the fruits, Take care of your garden And keep out the weeds, Fill it with sunshine Kind words and kind deeds]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is our pride and joy, right here. There's Butter Crunch (lettuce) on the right, spinach in the middle and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38146]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is our pride and joy, right here. There's Butter Crunch (lettuce) on the right, spinach in the middle and the remains of the Black-Seeded Simpson (leaf lettuce) on the left.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel? By th' mass and 'tis, like a camel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel? By th' mass and 'tis, like a camel indeed.  Methinks it is like a weasel.   It is backed like a weasel.    Or like a whale.     Very like a whale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46621]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is whatever gives joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is whatever gives joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Of all my field goals), I'm proudest of that kick today. I can honestly say that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32976]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Of all my field goals), I'm proudest of that kick today. I can honestly say that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guys were in the right spots all night. It was easy for me to find them. And they were making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guys were in the right spots all night. It was easy for me to find them. And they were making shots. I feel I've become quicker and stronger -- mentally and physically -- to deal with the college basketball game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercy often inflicts death. [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mercy often inflicts death. [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When gas prices go up, people turn their thermostats down. The higher prices affect us, too. It's been a hard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41212]]></link><description><![CDATA[When gas prices go up, people turn their thermostats down. The higher prices affect us, too. It's been a hard winter on us financially.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where hast thou wandered. gentle gale, to find The perfumes thou dost bring? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where hast thou wandered. gentle gale, to find The perfumes thou dost bring?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62654]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face; it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not. [Lat., Tam deest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42746]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of what he has, as of what he has not. [Lat., Tam deest avaro quod habet, quam quod non habet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was pleased with the way we responded tonight. That's a real fine team. Our defense down the stretch was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35025]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was pleased with the way we responded tonight. That's a real fine team. Our defense down the stretch was a significant factor in the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660  Words are merely carriers of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660  Words are merely carriers of the secret, supernatural communications, the light and call of God. That is why spiritual books bear such different meanings for different types and qualities of soul, why each time we read them they give us something fresh, as we can bear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49961]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was an auto industry correction and a high tech inventory correction, and if we can get through that without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37050]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was an auto industry correction and a high tech inventory correction, and if we can get through that without tipping the economy into a recession then we can get through this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems to have dodged a big one and come through pretty unscathed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33292]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems to have dodged a big one and come through pretty unscathed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50542]]></link><description><![CDATA[To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a cold winter Sunday afternoon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4626]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a cold winter Sunday afternoon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, running is a lifestyle and an art. I'm more interested in the magic of it than the mechanics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65546]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, running is a lifestyle and an art. I'm more interested in the magic of it than the mechanics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most protean aspect of comedy is its potentiality for transcending itself, for responding to the conditions of tragedy by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8969]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most protean aspect of comedy is its potentiality for transcending itself, for responding to the conditions of tragedy by laughing in the darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is purpose in pain, Otherwise it were devilish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45366]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is purpose in pain, Otherwise it were devilish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This comes of altering fundamental laws and overpersuading by his landlord to take physic (of which he died) for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14097]]></link><description><![CDATA[This comes of altering fundamental laws and overpersuading by his landlord to take physic (of which he died) for the benefit of the doctor--Stavo bene (was written on his monument) ma per star meglio, sto qui.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28748]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is laughing behind your back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is laughing behind your back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28062</guid></item></channel></rss>