<?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[There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far lessthan the long-range risks and costs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21145]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far lessthan the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn,  Some moment when the moon was blood  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16064]]></link><description><![CDATA[When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn,  Some moment when the moon was blood   Then surely I was born.    With monstrous head and sickening cry     And ears like errant wings,      The devil's walking parody       On all four-footed things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the real.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are back in play with this filing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41999]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are back in play with this filing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying to squash a rumor is like trying to unring a bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64353]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens can not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2449]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens can not cure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In T-1, our goal was to repeat with the Corvette, and get the Viper and Andrew up there. In T-2 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38188]]></link><description><![CDATA[In T-1, our goal was to repeat with the Corvette, and get the Viper and Andrew up there. In T-2 with the Subaru, we wanted to win division and national championships.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown's disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown's disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May I now pass on to this Congress advice which I received recently from a fellow Vermonter - Either impeach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36600]]></link><description><![CDATA[May I now pass on to this Congress advice which I received recently from a fellow Vermonter - Either impeach him or get off his back]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will; 'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will; 'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 The deaf may hear the Saviour's voice, The fettered tongue its chains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 The deaf may hear the Saviour's voice, The fettered tongue its chains may break; But the deaf heart, the dumb by choice, The laggard soul that will not wake, The guilt that scorns to be forgiven -- These baffle e'en the spells of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's scary, but we're holding our own right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35409]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's scary, but we're holding our own right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to DisneyLand, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11726]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to DisneyLand, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said, "DisneyLand burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real DisneyLand, but it was getting pretty late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fighting Cocks and the EagleTwo game cocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard. One at last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fighting Cocks and the EagleTwo game cocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard. One at last put the other to flight. The vanquished Cock skulked away and hid himself in a quiet corner, while the conqueror, flying up to a high wall, flapped his wings and crowed exultingly with all his might. An Eagle sailing through the air pounced upon him and carried him off in his talons. The vanquished Cock immediately came out of his corner, and ruled henceforth with undisputed mastery. Pride goes before destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out-because that'swhat's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21607]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out-because that'swhat's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't listen to a lot of music, and wouldn't necessarily sit down and put on the radio. If I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37989]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't listen to a lot of music, and wouldn't necessarily sit down and put on the radio. If I did, I'd probably put on a bit of classical stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch the behaviour of the actors, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch the behaviour of the actors,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is the only law which genius knows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is the only law which genius knows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When rosy plumelets tuft the larch, And rarely pipes the mounted thrush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59257]]></link><description><![CDATA[When rosy plumelets tuft the larch, And rarely pipes the mounted thrush.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you."   - Iphicrates, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2495]]></link><description><![CDATA["My nobility," said he, "begins in me, but yours ends in you."   - Iphicrates,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These arrests make absolutely clear the presence throughout Europe and in Spain of members or collaborators of radical Islamic terrorist ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29318]]></link><description><![CDATA[These arrests make absolutely clear the presence throughout Europe and in Spain of members or collaborators of radical Islamic terrorist organizations, and that is a cause for continuing concern,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65997]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66657]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius . . . means the transcendent capacity of taking trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If (union members) were going to end up paying so much more into the retirement plan or the health insurance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37148]]></link><description><![CDATA[If (union members) were going to end up paying so much more into the retirement plan or the health insurance ... why would you want to keep the job? You can't make a living at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half we did a good job. The third quarter, they got fatigued. This was our second game of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40790]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half we did a good job. The third quarter, they got fatigued. This was our second game of the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27401]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can one desire too much of a good thing? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can one desire too much of a good thing?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2040]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60607]]></link><description><![CDATA[As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19967]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. [Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. [Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65118]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great minds think alike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great minds think alike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10379]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not to have been right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The FAA has not conducted this process in a very transparent manner. What little we know we've had to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The FAA has not conducted this process in a very transparent manner. What little we know we've had to get off the grapevine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't see major corporations abandoning their e-mail infrastructure, but they are beginning to seek outsourcing to handle things like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34610]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't see major corporations abandoning their e-mail infrastructure, but they are beginning to seek outsourcing to handle things like remote mail and calendaring, ... Messaging Online.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35681]]></link><description><![CDATA[This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest sympathies to the Casey family on its personal loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19363</guid></item></channel></rss>