<?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[The nation is prosperpus on the whole, but how much prosperity is there in a hole? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20840]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nation is prosperpus on the whole, but how much prosperity is there in a hole?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England . . . Ireland is not a geographical fragment, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England . . . Ireland is not a geographical fragment, but a nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44145]]></link><description><![CDATA[The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation... most of our language about the organization and objective's of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards which we apply. However it would never result in the abolishment of down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride:  Let Nature guide thee; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46000]]></link><description><![CDATA[To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride:  Let Nature guide thee; sometimes golden wire   The shining belles of the fly require;    The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail,     Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever tended to discredit the church, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19301]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever tended to discredit the church, and that he piously magnified all that conduced to her glory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous youth,  That blushed at its own praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48932]]></link><description><![CDATA[He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous youth,  That blushed at its own praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not easy playing the new ball on it because it moves a lot off the wicket. That will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39403]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not easy playing the new ball on it because it moves a lot off the wicket. That will be for both teams in the second innings also.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kids were really shocked to learn that genocide is still happening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kids were really shocked to learn that genocide is still happening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Higher education has seen its percentage of general fund decline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Higher education has seen its percentage of general fund decline.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has a coarse texture and a rich, beefy taste only matched by hanger steak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30736]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has a coarse texture and a rich, beefy taste only matched by hanger steak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's definitely a lot more pressure there [the Olympics], but I'm really looking forward to it. I think it's going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42087]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's definitely a lot more pressure there [the Olympics], but I'm really looking forward to it. I think it's going to be a really good experience. I can remember looking back watching my first Olympics when I was like 10 years old, so it's cool to be a part of it now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a billionaire's spending habit, but a millionaire's budget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35924]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a billionaire's spending habit, but a millionaire's budget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10665]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,  Facti crimen habet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15361]]></link><description><![CDATA[A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63052]]></link><description><![CDATA[The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fishy ancestors had the anatomy for it. You can imagine how valuable this system would be if you were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fishy ancestors had the anatomy for it. You can imagine how valuable this system would be if you were aquatic, because water is so conductive. But it doesn't work on land - air doesn't conduct electricity as well. When it happens, it's called a lightning bolt and you don't need special receptors to sense it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They seem to be opening a crack for Microsoft on the desktop, a crack that Microsoft could well take advantage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34605]]></link><description><![CDATA[They seem to be opening a crack for Microsoft on the desktop, a crack that Microsoft could well take advantage of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54269]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I miss reading . . . how I'm situated, you can't read, you just can't, it's not conducive to reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36310]]></link><description><![CDATA[I miss reading . . . how I'm situated, you can't read, you just can't, it's not conducive to reading.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54973]]></link><description><![CDATA[For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's still learning how to run. He's not really comfortable reading blocks, or getting that pre-snap read. He's still a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32763]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's still learning how to run. He's not really comfortable reading blocks, or getting that pre-snap read. He's still a beginner as far as that goes, as far as using his eyes. The say a great runner has vision. He has all the tools, but he's still learning to use that vision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To find the exact answer, one must first ask the exact question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52785]]></link><description><![CDATA[To find the exact answer, one must first ask the exact question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8710]]></link><description><![CDATA[To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18024]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The East bow'd low before the blast, In patient, deep disdain.  She let the legions thunder past,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The East bow'd low before the blast, In patient, deep disdain.  She let the legions thunder past,   And plunged in thought again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60185]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as the team goes, other than Riley, we left some strokes out on the course today. We'll get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30426]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as the team goes, other than Riley, we left some strokes out on the course today. We'll get back after it, starting in Pierre on Monday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53760]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made... [Romans 1:20].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1715]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9872]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Playing baseball is not real life. It's a fantasy world... It's a dream come true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We closed 2001 with exceptional financial results, achieving record revenues, strong cash flow and enhanced operational profitability while lowering our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38627]]></link><description><![CDATA[We closed 2001 with exceptional financial results, achieving record revenues, strong cash flow and enhanced operational profitability while lowering our debt by more than $430 million,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47186]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the same man, or set of men, holds the sword and the purse, there is an end of liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent? [Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent? [Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must always tell what one sees. Above all, which is more difficult, one must always see what one sees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44800]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must always tell what one sees. Above all, which is more difficult, one must always see what one sees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's. [Ger., Schad'um die ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58079]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pity about the people! they are brave enough comrades, but they have heads like a soapboiler's. [Ger., Schad'um die Leut'! Sind sonst wackre Bruder  Aber das denkt, wie ein Seifensieder.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not commenting on the rumors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34170]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not commenting on the rumors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On one she smiles, and he was blest; She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!  But 'twas not love which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61923]]></link><description><![CDATA[On one she smiles, and he was blest; She smiles elsewhere--we make a din!  But 'twas not love which heaved her breast,   Fair child!--it was the bliss within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing unites the English like war. Nothing divides them like Picasso. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing unites the English like war. Nothing divides them like Picasso.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. See our article: Forgiveness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16543]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. See our article: Forgiveness - A Real Stress Buster -Ed Howe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51668</guid></item></channel></rss>