<?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 knew about their protest and had taken precautionary steps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41367]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew about their protest and had taken precautionary steps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start out with an ideal and end up with a deal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start out with an ideal and end up with a deal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59954]]></link><description><![CDATA[A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3145]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57120]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasmin two small jumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasmin two small jumps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47261]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to tribe, church, flag or ideal, there would be no wars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18118]]></link><description><![CDATA[In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame -- not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know not what others may choose but, as for me, giveme liberty or give me death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know not what others may choose but, as for me, giveme liberty or give me death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her mind lives tidily, apart From cold and noise and pain, And bolts the door against her heart, Out wailing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her mind lives tidily, apart From cold and noise and pain, And bolts the door against her heart, Out wailing in the rain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26291]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat or beat of drum;  True patriots ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45763]]></link><description><![CDATA[From distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat or beat of drum;  True patriots all; for be it understood   We left our country for our country's good.    No private views disgraced our generous zeal,     What urged our travels was our country's weal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it\'s sitting down making a quilt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it\'s sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6041]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it, and I don't know why I'll do it again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tommy looked fine. He had only two walks and located the ball well. He gave up three runs in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tommy looked fine. He had only two walks and located the ball well. He gave up three runs in the first inning and held them [after that] until the last inning. He mixes his pitches up well and is comfortable throwing any pitch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hercules and the WagonerA CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hercules and the WagonerA CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut. The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him. Hercules, it is said, appeared and thus addressed him: Put your shoulders to the wheels, my man. Goad on your bullocks, and never more pray to me for help, until you have done your best to help yourself, or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain. Self-help is the best help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/158]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We stopped the military work to give credibility to the Palestinian Authority, without canceling other options. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28309]]></link><description><![CDATA[We stopped the military work to give credibility to the Palestinian Authority, without canceling other options.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[USC and Oklahoma are ranked in the topÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â two becauseÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â they haveÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â not taken essentially one-third of the season off, as Auburn has, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37657]]></link><description><![CDATA[USC and Oklahoma are ranked in the topÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â two becauseÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â they haveÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â not taken essentially one-third of the season off, as Auburn has, ... The Tigers have played I-AA Citadel, Louisiana-Monroe, Kentucky and Mississippi State. Between them, Oklahoma and USC have played onlyÃƒÂ‚Ã‚Â three teams as bad as these.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15423]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What many men desire--that 'many' may be meant By the fool multitude that choose by show,  Not learning more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26472]]></link><description><![CDATA[What many men desire--that 'many' may be meant By the fool multitude that choose by show,  Not learning more than the fond eye doth teach,   Which pries not to th' interior, but like the martlet    Builds in the weather on the outward wall,     Even in the force and road of casualty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have on out hands a sick man,--a very sick man. [The sick man of Europe, the Turk.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59902]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have on out hands a sick man,--a very sick man. [The sick man of Europe, the Turk.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our players didn't come out and compete at all. It came down to leadership and we didn't show any. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our players didn't come out and compete at all. It came down to leadership and we didn't show any. It looked like our players were hiding and just gave up. Trust me, we will address this in practice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63920]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was hell. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30980]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was hell. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Two PotsA river carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of brass. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Two PotsA river carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of brass. The Earthen Pot said to the Brass Pot, Pray keep at a distance and do not come near me, for if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken in pieces, and besides, I by no means wish to come near you. Equals make the best friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good temper is an estate for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good temper is an estate for life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Might does not make right, it only makes history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Might does not make right, it only makes history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flat burglary as ever was committed. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flat burglary as ever was committed. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48874]]></link><description><![CDATA[That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3805]]></link><description><![CDATA[No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am always telling our federal agencies and contractors that if they bring work to Hawaii, they need to hire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32566]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am always telling our federal agencies and contractors that if they bring work to Hawaii, they need to hire Hawaii residents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two lives that once part, are as ships that divide When, moment on moment, there rushes between  The one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two lives that once part, are as ships that divide When, moment on moment, there rushes between  The one and the other, a sea;--   Ah, never can fall from the days that have been    A gleam on the years that shall be!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I plan to begin a thorough national search for a new coach immediately. I am confident that we will find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36074]]></link><description><![CDATA[I plan to begin a thorough national search for a new coach immediately. I am confident that we will find the right fit as we move forward to renew men's basketball at Duquesne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That does not stop people in those relationships from going through legal means of getting for instance, health care power ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39291]]></link><description><![CDATA[That does not stop people in those relationships from going through legal means of getting for instance, health care power of attorney.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to their waning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to their waning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35681]]></link><description><![CDATA[This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest sympathies to the Casey family on its personal loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60951]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66623]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our crews arrived, they found patients with symptoms that were consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34391]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our crews arrived, they found patients with symptoms that were consistent with carbon monoxide poisoning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60762</guid></item></channel></rss>