<?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 metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Itsefficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22413]]></link><description><![CDATA[The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Itsefficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which Godforgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong, Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18539]]></link><description><![CDATA[In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong, Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49016]]></link><description><![CDATA[A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is something that follows ambition like a shadow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we ought to impress on both our girls and boys that successful marriages require just as much work, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27589]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we ought to impress on both our girls and boys that successful marriages require just as much work, just as much intelligence and just as much unselfish devotion, as they give to any position they undertake to fill on a paid basis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61977]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't worry! It's not loaded. •Terry Kath, rockmusician, played russian roulette    Waiting are they? Well let'em wait! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't worry! It's not loaded. •Terry Kath, rockmusician, played russian roulette    Waiting are they? Well let'em wait!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human mortals. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mortals. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We laid out a lot of money on the thought that the rain forest is going to be in Johnson ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37849]]></link><description><![CDATA[We laid out a lot of money on the thought that the rain forest is going to be in Johnson County. Some of the initial interest did coincide with the rain forest going in Coralville. We had thought of marketing (Villages of Tiffin) as a less expensive option for businesses, and they would have the same access to some of the touristy type of attractions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28894]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3797]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was young, I never wanted to leave the court until I got things exactly correct. My dream was to become a pro.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3797</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[Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is love? A barbie doll.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36419]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is love? A barbie doll..]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5417]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh  That filters through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43436]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh  That filters through the forest, or the gush   That swells and sinks amid the branches high,--    'Tis all the music of the wind, and we     Let fancy float on the aeolian breath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3889]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus lived His life in complete dependence upon God, as we all ought to live our lives. But such dependence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus lived His life in complete dependence upon God, as we all ought to live our lives. But such dependence does not destroy human personality. Man is never so fully and so truly personal as when he is living in complete dependence upon God. This is how personality comes into its own. This is humanity at its most personal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most parts of the Bible, everything is implicitly or explicitly introduced with "Thus saith the Lord". It is... not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8511]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most parts of the Bible, everything is implicitly or explicitly introduced with "Thus saith the Lord". It is... not merely a sacred book but a book so remorselessly and continuously sacred that it does not invite -- it excludes or repels -- the merely aesthetic approach. You can read it as literature only by a tour de force... It demands incessantly to be taken on its own terms: it will not continue to give literary delight very long, except to those who go to it for something quite different. I predict that it will in the future be read, as it always has been read, almost exclusively by Christians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56946]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have a lemon, make lemonade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47435]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have a lemon, make lemonade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12131]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who angers you conquers you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1027]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who angers you conquers you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only do what your heart tells you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only do what your heart tells you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prodded her to do it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41892]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prodded her to do it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I slack, therefore, I am... doing nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56539]]></link><description><![CDATA[I slack, therefore, I am... doing nothing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. - On the request that he accept the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46988]]></link><description><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. - On the request that he accept the Republican presidential nomination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of her sweatshops!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year I had them play doubles at tournaments, (and during conference matches) I put them at one and two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year I had them play doubles at tournaments, (and during conference matches) I put them at one and two singles. That was the best way to get success, I put our four best kids in the top four spots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43613]]></link><description><![CDATA[A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in the idioms appropriate to another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all other philosophers are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all other philosophers are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[-Sir To. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55746]]></link><description><![CDATA[-Sir To.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17469]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn't have a job if he was any smarter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4774]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn't have a job if he was any smarter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turn your wounds into wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turn your wounds into wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life and as soon as I done it I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18132]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is love in search of a word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is love in search of a word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues  With a new colour as it gasps away,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues  With a new colour as it gasps away,   The last still loveliest, till--'tis gone--and all is gray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buyers want to see a condo that is neat, clean and updated. When they walk in, it should be in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buyers want to see a condo that is neat, clean and updated. When they walk in, it should be in move-in condition. People in Boulder don't want to come home and work on their houses, they want to go out to hike, bike and ski.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65162]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53785</guid></item></channel></rss>