<?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[When all else fails, duck. It's not practical, but it can be momentarily comforting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14909]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all else fails, duck. It's not practical, but it can be momentarily comforting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24836]]></link><description><![CDATA[This strange disease of modern life, With its sick hurry, its divided aims.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass Carrying the Image AN ASS once carried through the streets of a city a famous woodenImage, to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1502]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass Carrying the Image AN ASS once carried through the streets of a city a famous woodenImage, to be placed in one of its Temples. As he passed along,the crowd made lowly prostration before the Image. The Ass,thinking that they bowed their heads in token of respect forhimself, bristled up with pride, gave himself airs, and refusedto move another step. The driver, seeing him thus stop, laid hiswhip lustily about his shoulders and said, O you perversedull-head! it is not yet come to this, that men pay worship to anAss. They are not wise who give to themselves the credit due to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25830]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25830</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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25676]]></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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor cause any waves?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big time. That's all I can say about our seniors. They've been leading us all year and it showed tonight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big time. That's all I can say about our seniors. They've been leading us all year and it showed tonight as both of them stepped up big.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitches down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30461]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitches down for the most part, and he got away with mistakes when they were up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pile Ossa upon Pelion. [Lat., Imponere Pelio Ossam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43319]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pile Ossa upon Pelion. [Lat., Imponere Pelio Ossam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun,  And kindles into fragrance at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun,  And kindles into fragrance at his blaze.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons pease, And utters it again when God doth please. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46602]]></link><description><![CDATA[This fellow pecks up wit, as pigeons pease, And utters it again when God doth please.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51163]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[cautiously optimistic about the plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40419]]></link><description><![CDATA[cautiously optimistic about the plan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The focus should be on making sure that the Palestinian infiltration is studied by the government and that it takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The focus should be on making sure that the Palestinian infiltration is studied by the government and that it takes responsibility for how to deal with the situation,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great question - which I have not been able to answer - is: "What does a woman want?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63515]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great question - which I have not been able to answer - is: "What does a woman want?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played a pretty good game. The refs called two penalties at the end and it helped us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42302]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played a pretty good game. The refs called two penalties at the end and it helped us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8967]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43199]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge and human power are synonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge and human power are synonymous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm happy for everybody that's involved with this. It took me about two years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39052]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm happy for everybody that's involved with this. It took me about two years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal  I served my king, he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55224]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal  I served my king, he would not in mine age   Have left me naked to mine enemies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a fun group and I knew there was a competitive bent, but I just didn't know how competitive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41754]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a fun group and I knew there was a competitive bent, but I just didn't know how competitive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apt Alliteration's artful aid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apt Alliteration's artful aid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19240]]></link><description><![CDATA[True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12399]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many things catches your Eyes, try to get it.But one thing catches your Heart ...Pursue it.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many things catches your Eyes, try to get it.But one thing catches your Heart ...Pursue it..]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15521]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool boasts of those who fear him; a wise man's pride is those who respect him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit, my friend, is practice long pursued, that at last becomes man himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit, my friend, is practice long pursued, that at last becomes man himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They weren't just people paying to see a show. They were part of it. There was such a euphoric feeling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40851]]></link><description><![CDATA[They weren't just people paying to see a show. They were part of it. There was such a euphoric feeling in that arena.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness is about the scariest thing there is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness is about the scariest thing there is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The marble index of a mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54939]]></link><description><![CDATA[The marble index of a mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome. You must be willing to fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46092]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thru' chinks of his cavern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring is God's way of saying, 'One more time!' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spring is God's way of saying, 'One more time!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've done a pretty good job given that it was a very promotional year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32881]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've done a pretty good job given that it was a very promotional year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48688]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feminism is the radical notion that women are people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feminism is the radical notion that women are people]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18560]]></link><description><![CDATA[My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I ran his plays this week, calling them by numbers, to make it easy for our defense. What I couldn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39811]]></link><description><![CDATA[I ran his plays this week, calling them by numbers, to make it easy for our defense. What I couldn't duplicate was the speed he's got over there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally speaking, everyone is more interresting doing nothing than doing anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally speaking, everyone is more interresting doing nothing than doing anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is nature's way of saying 'Hi!' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is nature's way of saying 'Hi!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55276</guid></item></channel></rss>