<?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 Fox Who Had Lost His TailA fox caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fox Who Had Lost His TailA fox caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed, he schemed to convince all the other Foxes that being tailless was much more attractive, thus making up for his own deprivation. He assembled a good many Foxes and publicly advised them to cut off their tails, saying that they would not only look much better without them, but that they would get rid of the weight of the brush, which was a very great inconvenience. One of them interrupting him said, If you had not yourself lost your tail, my friend, you would not thus counsel us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great trees are good for nothing but shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great trees are good for nothing but shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy voice Is a celestial melody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy voice Is a celestial melody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned to loving, they will find we (the blacks) are turned to hating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This song obviously has special meaning to me in more ways than one. I want people to know more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33095]]></link><description><![CDATA[This song obviously has special meaning to me in more ways than one. I want people to know more than anything -- gay, straight, whatever -- just how cool Willie is and ... his way of thinking, his tolerance, everything about him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64437]]></link><description><![CDATA[The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. [Lat., Crede mihi, miseris ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. [Lat., Crede mihi, miseris coelestia numina parcunt;  Nec semper laesos, et sine fine, premunt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it was the first time in our society that they noticed on the presidential level that there are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41248]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it was the first time in our society that they noticed on the presidential level that there are also some forces other than the authorities, business and political parties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a roomalone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21686]]></link><description><![CDATA[All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a roomalone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tears of faithfulness to your beliefs cleanse your spirit to envision the road ahead. Everything is possible for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tears of faithfulness to your beliefs cleanse your spirit to envision the road ahead. Everything is possible for the person who believes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now twilight lets her curtain down And pins it with a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now twilight lets her curtain down And pins it with a star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36945]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore I say again I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul  Refuse you for my judge, whom yet once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore I say again I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul  Refuse you for my judge, whom yet once more   I hold my most malicious for and think not    At all a friend to truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20910]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to see what your friends and family think of you, die broke, and see who comes to your funeral.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cforce does exactly what we need. Working from within Salesforce it was simple to setup and I was immediately able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cforce does exactly what we need. Working from within Salesforce it was simple to setup and I was immediately able to start sending emails without having to deal with a confusing list import process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, swiftly glides the bonnie boat. Just parted from the shore,  And to the fisher's chorus-note,   Soft ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, swiftly glides the bonnie boat. Just parted from the shore,  And to the fisher's chorus-note,   Soft moves the dipping oar!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was incredible how strong the results were. The only things they have on their minds are guns, bullets, death ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41960]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was incredible how strong the results were. The only things they have on their minds are guns, bullets, death and a fear of the US occupation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/899]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All say, 'How hard it is that we have to die' - a strange complaint to come from the mouths ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11200]]></link><description><![CDATA[All say, 'How hard it is that we have to die' - a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He called me a bigot two times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38124]]></link><description><![CDATA[He called me a bigot two times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kings of modern thought are dumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kings of modern thought are dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a blast doing it. We went and knocked it out and came on home for the rest of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30450]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a blast doing it. We went and knocked it out and came on home for the rest of the holidays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18643]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gotta take my puppy on the road with me, Killer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three weeks into the NFL season, it's hard to say which team is the best in the business. So far, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three weeks into the NFL season, it's hard to say which team is the best in the business. So far, I've got it narrowed down to Tampa Bay, Cincinnati and [the University of Southern California].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love little children too but I don't cut offtheir heads and stick them in vases.http://www.egroups.com/messages/nomow108/1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43894]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love little children too but I don't cut offtheir heads and stick them in vases.http://www.egroups.com/messages/nomow108/1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fundamentalist religion is the most pervasive vision of central planning, though many fundamentalists may oppose human central planning as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fundamentalist religion is the most pervasive vision of central planning, though many fundamentalists may oppose human central planning as a usurpation or "playing God." This is consistent with the fundamentalist vision of an unconstrained God and a highly constrained man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can plant a dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22034]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can plant a dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25085]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lily is all in white, like a saint, And so is no mate for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a privilege as well as being exciting. The fans are extremely tribal, very parochial, very supportive, and it's one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32586]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a privilege as well as being exciting. The fans are extremely tribal, very parochial, very supportive, and it's one of the huge highlights so far of my coaching career.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe the murderer was known to her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41368]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe the murderer was known to her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is liberty in tranquillity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is liberty in tranquillity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He ne'er presumed to make an error clearer;-- In short, there never was a better hearer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18978]]></link><description><![CDATA[He ne'er presumed to make an error clearer;-- In short, there never was a better hearer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15789]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it falls right on the weekend, when St. Patrick's Day comes on Friday or Saturday it's perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30206]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it falls right on the weekend, when St. Patrick's Day comes on Friday or Saturday it's perfect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15741]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities - not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.in his farewell address.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53876]]></link><description><![CDATA[And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one theory about angling in which I have perfect confidence, and this is that the two words, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16115]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one theory about angling in which I have perfect confidence, and this is that the two words, least appropriate to any statement, about it, are the words "always" and "never."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916   Whilst you are divided betwixt God and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916   Whilst you are divided betwixt God and the world, you have neither the pleasures of Religion, nor the pleasures of the world, but are always in the uneasiness of a divided state of heart. You have only so much Religion as serves to disquiet you, to show you a handwriting on the wall, to interrupt your pleasures, and to appear as a death's-head at all your feasts, but not Religion enough to give you a taste and feeling of its pleasures. You dare not wholly neglect Religion, but then you take no more than is just sufficient to keep you from being a terror to yourself, and you are as loth to be very good as you are fearful to be very bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8923]]></link><description><![CDATA[A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8923</guid></item></channel></rss>