<?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 attempt and not the deed confounds us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9751]]></link><description><![CDATA[The attempt and not the deed confounds us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The school district is pleased that a national publication recognizes that you can be an excellent school district without spending ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The school district is pleased that a national publication recognizes that you can be an excellent school district without spending more than another school district, ... We have one of the lower per pupil costs in Delaware County. Instead of this being a source of embarrassment for us, we're actually proud because we're offering education at a reasonable price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a possibility that we will see some form of rationing with the conditions being as bad or worse ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35141]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a possibility that we will see some form of rationing with the conditions being as bad or worse than many people thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/713]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Retort Courteous;… the Quip Modest;… the Reply Churlish;… the Reproof Valiant;… the Countercheck Quarrelsome;… the Lie with Circumstance;… the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Retort Courteous;… the Quip Modest;… the Reply Churlish;… the Reproof Valiant;… the Countercheck Quarrelsome;… the Lie with Circumstance;… the Lie Direct. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts have a cruel way of substituting themselves for fancies. There is nothing more remorseless, just as there is nothing more helpful, than truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every reform needs examples more than advocates ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every reform needs examples more than advocates]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chinks in America's egalitarian armor are not hard to find. Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60729]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The official spokesperson is the most anonymous source of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The official spokesperson is the most anonymous source of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1155]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58181]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We already know the number of permits drawn by builders has decreased and is going to continue to decline because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34730]]></link><description><![CDATA[We already know the number of permits drawn by builders has decreased and is going to continue to decline because of the cool-down in the housing market. We won't need as many construction workers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the rule of law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14819]]></link><description><![CDATA[He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inseparable gold umbrella which in that country [Burma] as much denotes the grandee as the star or garter does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60002]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inseparable gold umbrella which in that country [Burma] as much denotes the grandee as the star or garter does in England.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point, we have grave concerns because of the expense that small businesses might incur in trying to comply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35446]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point, we have grave concerns because of the expense that small businesses might incur in trying to comply with the ordinance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52203]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God comes to see without a bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49267]]></link><description><![CDATA[God comes to see without a bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Harris Teeter looks for is a certain demographic, household income and education level, and Columbia really fit the demographic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39958]]></link><description><![CDATA[What Harris Teeter looks for is a certain demographic, household income and education level, and Columbia really fit the demographic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your heart is free, have the courage to follow it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolve, and thou art free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolve, and thou art free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world basically and fundamentally is constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in co-operation with something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53377]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world basically and fundamentally is constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in co-operation with something else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody's interested in sweetness and light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is a good servant but a bad master. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is a good servant but a bad master.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up here in the north country (areas with high levels of snow), we'd like to see 10 percent more deer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up here in the north country (areas with high levels of snow), we'd like to see 10 percent more deer, in the middle snow fall zone we could have up to 50 percent more deer, and in southern areas where we have a lot of agriculture in the landscape, perhaps around 15 percent fewer deer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still believe the outlook is very bright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34052]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still believe the outlook is very bright.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to prepare dough ahead for pizza crusts too. Whenever I bake loaves of whole wheat, anadama, herb, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31144]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to prepare dough ahead for pizza crusts too. Whenever I bake loaves of whole wheat, anadama, herb, or other breads . . . I just mix up a little extra, package the dough in onepound lots, and freeze it right alongside my other ingredients. ThenÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¹when pizza day rolls aroundÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¹all I have to do is go to the freezer and select one container of crust, one sauce, one sausage, and one cheese . . . thaw everything . . . roll out the dough and spread on the sauce, sausage, and cheese . . . bake my creation at 450?F for about 15 minutes or until the cheese is slightly browned . . . and 'serve 'er up' to a hungry family of four.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43711]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As well as providing a more appropriate and reliable service than the loco-hauled trains that have recently worked the route, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33840]]></link><description><![CDATA[As well as providing a more appropriate and reliable service than the loco-hauled trains that have recently worked the route, [the trains] will benefit from a refurbishment over the next 12 months to increase the number of seats and provide a more comfortable environment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17974]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is practicable in a nation or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel we are all islands - in a common sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65166]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethics is nothing else than reverence for life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All, as they say, that glitters is not gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2818]]></link><description><![CDATA[All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man would rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26142]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man would rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60544]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is full of good meanings and wishings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is full of good meanings and wishings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond; reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we are looking for is what is looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22722]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we are looking for is what is looking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3883]]></link><description><![CDATA[To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3883</guid></item></channel></rss>