<?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[I was playing well but I`d rather have finished it off properly, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41743]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was playing well but I`d rather have finished it off properly,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Build me a shrine, and I could kneel To rural Gods, or prostrate fall;  Did I not see, did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Build me a shrine, and I could kneel To rural Gods, or prostrate fall;  Did I not see, did I not feel.   That One Great Spirit governs all.    O Heaven, permit that I may lie     Where o'er my corse green branches wave;      And those who from life's tumults fly       With kindred feelings press my grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A goverment that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18029]]></link><description><![CDATA[A goverment that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[61 died that day in the 1st infantry..in Vietnam.. two? rows of body bags.. the fruit of war...drying in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/218]]></link><description><![CDATA[61 died that day in the 1st infantry..in Vietnam.. two? rows of body bags.. the fruit of war...drying in the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66108]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44185]]></link><description><![CDATA[To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a theater you have that many more seats, so that many more people, and they are feeding you, telling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29913]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a theater you have that many more seats, so that many more people, and they are feeding you, telling you how far you can go or what you can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now, they're hitting the ball a little better than I thought they would. We're scoring runs because we're getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now, they're hitting the ball a little better than I thought they would. We're scoring runs because we're getting timely hits. It seems that we've had one or two innings where we've scored all our runs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10077]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is run by C students. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13533]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is run by C students.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They get into the mind-set where they believe they can win every game. Tradition has a lot to do with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36082]]></link><description><![CDATA[They get into the mind-set where they believe they can win every game. Tradition has a lot to do with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With but a plank between them and their fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48786]]></link><description><![CDATA[With but a plank between them and their fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no need to be excited or encouraged by the appeal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41281]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no need to be excited or encouraged by the appeal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let tears flow of their own accord: their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe--  Sailed on a river of crystal light ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe--  Sailed on a river of crystal light   Into a sea of dew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I went to the copy machine, the medal went to the copy machine, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35436]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I went to the copy machine, the medal went to the copy machine, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20366]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's real worth is determined by what he does when he has nothing to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to put out a unified message that downtown is working. We need to move forward with a positive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37768]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to put out a unified message that downtown is working. We need to move forward with a positive message.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He needs a million dollars to be able to be noticed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31854]]></link><description><![CDATA[He needs a million dollars to be able to be noticed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of improvisation means that we confront ourselves with our own individual creativity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of improvisation means that we confront ourselves with our own individual creativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2436]]></link><description><![CDATA[American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49904]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A royal train, believe me. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56049]]></link><description><![CDATA[A royal train, believe me. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A winning wave, (deserving note.) In the tempestuous petticote,  A careless shoe-string, in whose tye   I see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2738]]></link><description><![CDATA[A winning wave, (deserving note.) In the tempestuous petticote,  A careless shoe-string, in whose tye   I see a wilde civility,--    Doe more bewitch me than when art     Is too precise in every part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for it is evident that no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43765]]></link><description><![CDATA[The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for it is evident that no one can master it fully or miss it wholly. But each adds a little to our knowledge of nature, and from all the facts assembled there arises a certain grandeur.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A curst Cow hath short hornes. [A curst cow has short horns.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49008]]></link><description><![CDATA[A curst Cow hath short hornes. [A curst cow has short horns.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift, increases with travel and gains strength by its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Report, that which no evil thing of any kind is more swift, increases with travel and gains strength by its progress. [Lat., Fama, malum quo non aliud velocius ullum,  Mobilitate viget, viresque acquirit eundo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46365]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62379]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are fagots and fagots. [Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9162]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are fagots and fagots. [Fr., Il y a fagots et fagots.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun had sunk and the summer skies Were dotted with specks of light  That melted soon in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun had sunk and the summer skies Were dotted with specks of light  That melted soon in the deep moon-rise   That flowed over Groton Height.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low,  Lest I should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low,  Lest I should fear and fall, and miss Thee so   Who art not missed by any that entreat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16362]]></link><description><![CDATA[He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   What is the Christian? Everywhere the man who, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   What is the Christian? Everywhere the man who, so far as he comprehends Jesus Christ, so far as he can get any knowledge of Him, is His servant -- the man who makes Christ a teacher of his intelligence and the guide of his soul -- the man who obeys Christ as far as he has been able to understand him... I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am sure, in these old days recognized His followers even if they came after Him with the blindest sight, with the most imperfect recognition and acknowledgment of what He was and of what He could do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair?  Can guilt like man's be e'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair?  Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven?   Can vice atone for crimes by prayer?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all in one, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizations would do well to build decision trees and develop workflow processes to handle probable escalations or situations likely to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organizations would do well to build decision trees and develop workflow processes to handle probable escalations or situations likely to occur based on previous customer interactions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This matter has already become a national issue that concerns the whole of Iranian society and I can assure you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35729]]></link><description><![CDATA[This matter has already become a national issue that concerns the whole of Iranian society and I can assure you that no Iranian government will make a compromise on this issue,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was one of those deals where they had to spend it on somebody by Oct. 1 or give it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32074]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was one of those deals where they had to spend it on somebody by Oct. 1 or give it back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32074</guid></item></channel></rss>