<?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[They want to have their pasta, but they're willing to eat a sensible portion with lots of vegetables. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39746]]></link><description><![CDATA[They want to have their pasta, but they're willing to eat a sensible portion with lots of vegetables.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But each day brings from its pretty dust Our soon choked souls to fill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57268]]></link><description><![CDATA[But each day brings from its pretty dust Our soon choked souls to fill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I think the emotion factor is still there and it is precisely what makes sports sponsorship so powerful. There's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41237]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I think the emotion factor is still there and it is precisely what makes sports sponsorship so powerful. There's nothing that gets people as involved as sport.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63360]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are lies ... he (Aziz) denied this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29826]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are lies ... he (Aziz) denied this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are entirely satisfied that Stephen's parachute was deliberately tampered with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32060]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are entirely satisfied that Stephen's parachute was deliberately tampered with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22807]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. -Joseph Addison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An unexamined life is not worth living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1483]]></link><description><![CDATA[An unexamined life is not worth living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist  Keep clear of concealment -- keep clear of the need of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist  Keep clear of concealment -- keep clear of the need of concealment. It is an awful hour when the first necessity of hiding something comes. The whole life is different thenceforth. When there are questions to be feared and eyes to be avoided and subjects which must not be touched, the bloom of life is gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65275]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66518]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an urban forest, there is strength in diversity - in age and in species. Seventy-year-old willow oaks are all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41790]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an urban forest, there is strength in diversity - in age and in species. Seventy-year-old willow oaks are all going to decline within a decade of each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63616]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever we find orderly, stable systems in Nature, we find that they are hierarchically structured, for the simple reason that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever we find orderly, stable systems in Nature, we find that they are hierarchically structured, for the simple reason that without such structuring of complex systems into sub-assemblies, there could be no order and stability- except the order of a dead universe filled with a uniformly distributed gas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25384]]></link><description><![CDATA[A novel is never anything but a philosophy put into images.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is under review. Past that, we're unable to share any other information. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31447]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is under review. Past that, we're unable to share any other information.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just coming from playing in a hostile atmosphere, we knew Louisville was going to be tough. It really helped us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just coming from playing in a hostile atmosphere, we knew Louisville was going to be tough. It really helped us a lot. We learned from the Syracuse game that we have to be poised at all times. We didn't want to be down but it just helped us tremendously, that Syracuse game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What there really wasn't [information on] was 'what do people think'. We wanted to find out what it's like to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39922]]></link><description><![CDATA[What there really wasn't [information on] was 'what do people think'. We wanted to find out what it's like to live in these places from the people who live there; because they would know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the stored vengeances of heaven fall On her ingrateful top! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20901]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the stored vengeances of heaven fall On her ingrateful top!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark! to the hurried question of Despair "Where is my child?"--An echo answers--  "Where?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark! to the hurried question of Despair "Where is my child?"--An echo answers--  "Where?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13291</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[There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24832]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period of barrenness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15648]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we need is continued engagement from the United States, first of all, in the war against terror, which will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28276]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we need is continued engagement from the United States, first of all, in the war against terror, which will help stability in Afghanistan and the whole region ... and also in the reconstruction efforts of our people,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63940]]></link><description><![CDATA[No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a cow is kept for every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1958]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a cow is kept for every three acres of land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9225]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See, your guests approach. Address yourself to entertain them sprightly,  And let's be red with mirth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18435]]></link><description><![CDATA[See, your guests approach. Address yourself to entertain them sprightly,  And let's be red with mirth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him. -H.L. Mencken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. [Gene!:5]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. [Gene!:5].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now reality is beginning to sink in -- that Asia is basically a long-term workout. I really don't see much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now reality is beginning to sink in -- that Asia is basically a long-term workout. I really don't see much relief from Asia for quite a while. I think we'll get tired of hearing about Asia before the year is over, but it's really earnings that's key. It's growth that's really the issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are thrilled and honored to host such well known and admired outdoor sports celebrities, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39931]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are thrilled and honored to host such well known and admired outdoor sports celebrities,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4764]]></link><description><![CDATA[People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9854]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60183]]></link><description><![CDATA[In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger as soon as fed is dead — 'Tis starving makes it fat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger as soon as fed is dead — 'Tis starving makes it fat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many a rustic Milton has passed by, Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,  In unremitting drudgery and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62150]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many a rustic Milton has passed by, Stifling the speechless longings of his heart,  In unremitting drudgery and care!   How many a vulgar Cato has compelled    His energies, no longer tameless then,     To mould a pin, or fabricate a nail!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rome, Rome, thou art no more As thou hast been!  On thy seven hills of yore   Thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rome, Rome, thou art no more As thou hast been!  On thy seven hills of yore   Thou sat'st a queen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906 Continuing a short series on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906 Continuing a short series on forgiveness:   He who has not forgiven an enemy has not yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am really close to my family. My cousin is my best friend! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66522]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am really close to my family. My cousin is my best friend!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That were to blow at fire in hope to quench it; For who digs hills because they do aspire  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43316]]></link><description><![CDATA[That were to blow at fire in hope to quench it; For who digs hills because they do aspire  Throws down one mountain to cast up a higher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66111]]></link><description><![CDATA[People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66111</guid></item></channel></rss>