<?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 screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, Portends strange things, old women say;  Stops every fool that passes by,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45339]]></link><description><![CDATA[The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, Portends strange things, old women say;  Stops every fool that passes by,   And frights the school-boy from his play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who contributes to the defense fundof pornographers is a mental moonbeam. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who contributes to the defense fundof pornographers is a mental moonbeam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were an Al Qaeda guy, I wouldn't go out for a pizza. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1683]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were an Al Qaeda guy, I wouldn't go out for a pizza.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10545]]></link><description><![CDATA[And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth like a blanketthat always leavesyour feet coldscreenwriter of Dead Poets' Society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The offertory is the first essential action of the Liturgy, because in it we make the costly and solemn oblation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7745]]></link><description><![CDATA[The offertory is the first essential action of the Liturgy, because in it we make the costly and solemn oblation, under tokens, of our very selves and all our substance; that they may be transformed, quickened, and devoted to the interests of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live TV died in the late 1950s, electronic bulletin boards came along in the mid-1980s, meaning there was about a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live TV died in the late 1950s, electronic bulletin boards came along in the mid-1980s, meaning there was about a 25-year gap when it was difficult to put your foot in your mouth and have people all across the country know about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change brings opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change brings opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42857]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grudge no expense -- yield to no opposition -- forget fatigue -- till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grudge no expense -- yield to no opposition -- forget fatigue -- till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who ever loved that loved not at first sight? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes all the difference in the world, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41334]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes all the difference in the world,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12732]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what i hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54348]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what i hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good horses make short miles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good horses make short miles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to feel proud of your teammates for coming back and playing. At Iowa we just gave up. Tonight, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37105]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to feel proud of your teammates for coming back and playing. At Iowa we just gave up. Tonight, we didn't give up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every burned book enlightens the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every burned book enlightens the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take, O, take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take, O, take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn: But my kisses bring again, bring again; Seals of love, but sealed in vain, sealed in vain. -Measure for Measure. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you wish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you wish it would.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In England three are sixty different religions, and only one sauce. [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes religieuses differentes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13911]]></link><description><![CDATA[In England three are sixty different religions, and only one sauce. [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes religieuses differentes, et une seule sauce.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim. The world of pretend is a cage, not a cocoon. We can only lie to ourselves for so long. We are tired, we are scared, denying it doesn't change the truth. Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world. Head on, guns blazing. De Nile. It's not just a river in Egypt, it's a freakin' ocean. So how do you keep from drowning in it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is wine upon the lips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is wine upon the lips.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. -Eric Hoffer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind. -Eric Hoffer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can see clearly now ... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47305]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can see clearly now ... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest thing here is what inventories are looking like and what demand is looking like for the first quarter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest thing here is what inventories are looking like and what demand is looking like for the first quarter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong the spoils of the enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60585]]></link><description><![CDATA[They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong the spoils of the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392  Why all this strife and zeal about opinions? Death and life go on their own way, carry on their own work, and stay for no opinions... What a delusion it is therefore to grow gray-headed in balancing ancient and modern opinions; to waste the precious uncertain fire of life in critical zeal and verbal animosities; when nothing but the kindling of our working will into a faith that overcometh the world, into a steadfast hope, and ever-burning love and desire of the divine life, can hinder us from falling into eternal death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2933]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53294]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have an imposing front line, and we had a tough time matching up against them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39729]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have an imposing front line, and we had a tough time matching up against them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jerusalem is a festival and a lamentation. Its song is a sigh across the ages, a delicate, robust, mournful psalm at the great junction of spiritual cultures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow, Leave things of the future to fate;  What's the use to anticipate sorrow? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow, Leave things of the future to fate;  What's the use to anticipate sorrow?   Life's troubles come never too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1926]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To bear is to conquer our fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15384]]></link><description><![CDATA[To bear is to conquer our fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62184]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the use of a fine house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under any system, an element of discretions has to be exercised, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under any system, an element of discretions has to be exercised,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it is obvious that people repeat acts that are shown on the television or the screen and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it is obvious that people repeat acts that are shown on the television or the screen and I wouldn't want to inspire any violence on anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing unites the English like war. Nothing divides them like Picasso. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing unites the English like war. Nothing divides them like Picasso.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An agreement is a kind of debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1927]]></link><description><![CDATA[An agreement is a kind of debt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately we think she'll be exonerated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately we think she'll be exonerated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44954]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5848]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5848</guid></item></channel></rss>