<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military force in the world, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59711]]></link><description><![CDATA[We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military force in the world, and we owe them the peace of mind that comes from knowing that they and their families will be taken care of if they sacrifice life, limb or the ability to sleep without war's nightmares. We owe them not just thanks and best wishes, but action, and action in our nation's capital.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18054]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole sport is odd, but within the sport it's even an odd kind of race because of the fact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33772]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole sport is odd, but within the sport it's even an odd kind of race because of the fact that it seems so difficult. Those who do it seem to love it and embrace it. Others kind of look askance on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a huge fan of the music of Broadway, and I have an affinity for what I refer to as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30615]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a huge fan of the music of Broadway, and I have an affinity for what I refer to as the Golden Age of Broadway, ... The music makes me feel good and the music makes audiences feel good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All they had to do was look at what he did and look at what he achieved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33893]]></link><description><![CDATA[All they had to do was look at what he did and look at what he achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A satisfying prayer life elevates and purifies every act of body and mind and integrates the entire personality into a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6916]]></link><description><![CDATA[A satisfying prayer life elevates and purifies every act of body and mind and integrates the entire personality into a single spiritual unit. In the long pull we pray only as well as we live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't adopt them for a day. We just adopted them. We had heard that so many smaller areas were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42008]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't adopt them for a day. We just adopted them. We had heard that so many smaller areas were not getting help because of the focus on New Orleans. We all know what it's like to be a little town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16414]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main reason is to demonstrate to students the importance and seriousness of the test. We hope by applying it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40766]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main reason is to demonstrate to students the importance and seriousness of the test. We hope by applying it to graduation (that) students see that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenderness is the repose of Passion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenderness is the repose of Passion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51253]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, it seems to me that the best relationships - the ones that last - are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship. You know, one day you look at the person and you see something more than you did the night before. Like a switch has been flicked somewhere. And the person who was just a friend is... suddenly the only person you can ever imagine yourself with]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17647]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gift in time of need is most acceptable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50703]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gift in time of need is most acceptable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes party loyalty asks too much ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes party loyalty asks too much]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People under 60, raised on television, they remember by what they see. The churches that are using a great deal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33908]]></link><description><![CDATA[People under 60, raised on television, they remember by what they see. The churches that are using a great deal of the arts in their worship and drama and visual film are doing it in part because they realize film and television are really the language of today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40935]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Farmer and the CranesSome cranes made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newly sown with wheat. For a long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Farmer and the CranesSome cranes made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newly sown with wheat. For a long time the Farmer, brandishing an empty sling, chased them away by the terror he inspired; but when the birds found that the sling was only swung in the air, they ceased to take any notice of it and would not move. The Farmer, on seeing this, charged his sling with stones, and killed a great number. The remaining birds at once forsook his fields, crying to each other, It is time for us to be off to Liliput: for this man is no longer content to scare us, but begins to show us in earnest what he can do. If words suffice not, blows must follow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59044]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63848]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this system endeavours to do is to provide some factors which outline the discretion, which explain the discretion and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28455]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this system endeavours to do is to provide some factors which outline the discretion, which explain the discretion and make it accountable and transparent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When shall we find his equal? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50388]]></link><description><![CDATA[When shall we find his equal?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed  A youth, who bore, 'mid snow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2330]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed  A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice   A banner with the strange device,    Excelsior!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted. [Lat., Nemo unquam sapiens proditori credendum putavit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59639]]></link><description><![CDATA[No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted. [Lat., Nemo unquam sapiens proditori credendum putavit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I didn't know much about directing a movie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37334]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I didn't know much about directing a movie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is the least in want who is the least covetous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51604]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is the least in want who is the least covetous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be large in mirth; anon we'll drink a measure The table round. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be large in mirth; anon we'll drink a measure The table round.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11579]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44849]]></link><description><![CDATA[No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever we learn on the track, we put into the cars. Everything is evolutionary. We work hard to have the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever we learn on the track, we put into the cars. Everything is evolutionary. We work hard to have the pieces come together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44995]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a kid doesn't live up to it, you could have a problem with him losing confidence, and then it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39978]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a kid doesn't live up to it, you could have a problem with him losing confidence, and then it's up to the veterans and the pitching coach to step in and not let that happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18498]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal a crown. The sin lessens as the guilt increases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity:  To every mother's heart forlorn,   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity:  To every mother's heart forlorn,   In every house the Christ is born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lilly's current valuation still provides an attractive entry point. The stock trades at a modest 8% to 10% premium to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lilly's current valuation still provides an attractive entry point. The stock trades at a modest 8% to 10% premium to its peers against 2006 and 2007 earnings and at a discount against our 2008 to 2010 forecast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15835]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47191]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of a self-sacrificing devotion to the flag, a leader, a religious faith or political conviction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love comes unseen; we only see it go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love comes unseen; we only see it go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of the fury of the patient man. -John Dryden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of the fury of the patient man. -John Dryden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2604</guid></item></channel></rss>