<?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 Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep; Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48763]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep; Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,  Making it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it,  Making it momentany as a sound,   Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,    Brief as the lightning in the collied night,     That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,      And ere a man hath power to say 'Behold!'       The jaws of darkness do devour it up:        So quick bright things come to confusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it is a waste of time to ask ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2545]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are borne along by the violence of their rage, and think it is a waste of time to ask who are guilty. [Lat., Trahit ipse furoris  Impetus, et visum est lenti quaesisse nocentum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the end of a generation that remade and saved baseball in Seattle. He's the last connection to that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31913]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the end of a generation that remade and saved baseball in Seattle. He's the last connection to that miracle 1995 team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40017]]></link><description><![CDATA[These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. Whereas the rest of the rock scene, you'll find that there's mostly working-class people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21825]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23716]]></link><description><![CDATA[I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be no part of any body, is to be nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19068]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be no part of any body, is to be nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age needs so little but needs that little so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age needs so little but needs that little so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to have passion to play football. We had it on the goal line. But we didn't play like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42683]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to have passion to play football. We had it on the goal line. But we didn't play like that all the time on the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66227]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe some of my quest for success comes from Joan of Arc but there's no conscious part of Catholicism in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe some of my quest for success comes from Joan of Arc but there's no conscious part of Catholicism in my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light of reason, but after the fashion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53112]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light of reason, but after the fashion of others. [Lat., Id nobis maxime nocet, quod non ad rationis lumen sed ad similitudinem aliorum vivimus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep breathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep breathing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be nice to win this time. It's hard to say what the competition is going to be like. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42679]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be nice to win this time. It's hard to say what the competition is going to be like. I've still got a couple of weeks to work hard and prepare. I think I can do a little better than I did today. We'll see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3316]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother said to me, "If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope." Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62978]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dolendi modus, timendi non item. (To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.) -Bacon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dolendi modus, timendi non item. (To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.) -Bacon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep quiet. Do your work in the world, but inwardly keep quiet. Then all will come to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not in the position where we need to sell anyone here, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32831]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not in the position where we need to sell anyone here,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At that time we could not use the federal government's marijuana to show that it might be beneficial because NIDA ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33824]]></link><description><![CDATA[At that time we could not use the federal government's marijuana to show that it might be beneficial because NIDA has a mandate from Congress that they could only supply marijuana for research to show that it might be dangerous. Subsequently NIDA has changed their mechanism so we can look for benefit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we'd be decent. But we've been better than I thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32829]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we'd be decent. But we've been better than I thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49920]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have cut my leg with my own adze. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50834]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have cut my leg with my own adze.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of today's signings are more than capable of contributing to the success of the team. Zimmerman and Brown provide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31531]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of today's signings are more than capable of contributing to the success of the team. Zimmerman and Brown provide depth in defense, and Randolph and Ready give us balance on our left flank.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main storm dynamics are here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main storm dynamics are here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1305]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8290]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to show mercy to our neighbor. For it is our neighbor who needs our service; God in heaven needs it not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ideal museum show would be a mating of Brideshead Revisited with House & Garden. provoking intense and pleasurable nostalgia ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43414]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ideal museum show would be a mating of Brideshead Revisited with House & Garden. provoking intense and pleasurable nostalgia for a past that none of its audience has had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66222]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has been living in the States for eight years so this was just a matter of paperwork. She fits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30052]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has been living in the States for eight years so this was just a matter of paperwork. She fits perfectly in the U.S. which makes me realize there's not much difference between people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, dainty and delicious! Food for the gods! Ambrosia for Apicius!  Worthy to thrill the soul of sea-born Venus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, dainty and delicious! Food for the gods! Ambrosia for Apicius!  Worthy to thrill the soul of sea-born Venus,   Or titillate the palate of Silenus!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was only early the next morning that I found out she had come to the service and left from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38459]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was only early the next morning that I found out she had come to the service and left from her reception to go to her father's deathbed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things that is particularly painful within the context of this poor family is that the engineers actually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38198]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things that is particularly painful within the context of this poor family is that the engineers actually had to witness this, knowing that when you get into a locomotive, there is no steering wheel. As you can imagine, they are pretty shook up about this whole thing, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I 'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55904]]></link><description><![CDATA[I 'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas Eve Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. "Now they are all on their knees," An elder said as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas Eve Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock. "Now they are all on their knees," An elder said as we sat in a flock By the embers in herath side ease. We pictured the meek mild creatures where They dwelt in their strawy pen, Nor did it occur to one of us there To doubt they were kneeling then. So fair a fancy few would weave In these years! yet, I feel If someone said on Christmas Eve, "Come; see the oxen kneel, In the lonely barton by yonder coomb Our childhood used to know," I should go with him in the gloom, Hoping it might be so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust not him that hath once broken faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust not him that hath once broken faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20930]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14213]]></link><description><![CDATA[And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was the whole transition thing, me being the new guy. You know, you win and your everybody's friend. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34502]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was the whole transition thing, me being the new guy. You know, you win and your everybody's friend. You lose, and it's all your fault. I'm glad I'm on the good end of things. I could've been the sacrificial lamb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16686]]></link><description><![CDATA[A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53182]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's trying to figure out what those guys knew - and how she can get out of it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32055]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's trying to figure out what those guys knew - and how she can get out of it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over her hung a canopy of state, Not of rich tissue, nor of spangled gold,  But of a substance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over her hung a canopy of state, Not of rich tissue, nor of spangled gold,  But of a substance, though not animate,   Yet of a heavenly and spiritual mould,    That only eyes of spirits might behold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42323]]></link><description><![CDATA[love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42323</guid></item></channel></rss>