<?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[Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cat: A pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your pot broken seemes better then my whole one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[-Cel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55630]]></link><description><![CDATA[-Cel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15782]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64636]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63487]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, 709   When we inculcate that faith ought to be certain and secure, we conceive not of a certainty attended with no doubt, or of a security interrupted by no anxiety; but we rather affirm, that believers have a perpetual conflict with their own diffidence, and are far from placing their consciences in a placid calm never disturbed by any storms. Yet, on the other hand, we deny, however they may be afflicted, that they ever fall and depart from that certain confidence which they have conceived in the divine mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16361]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The campaigns have done of a lot of the intensive grass-roots work and electronic media radio and TV advertising. They're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31746]]></link><description><![CDATA[The campaigns have done of a lot of the intensive grass-roots work and electronic media radio and TV advertising. They're clearly generating more interest than we had two years ago, and I think that'll carry through to election day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63414]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43243]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women flirt to keep their stock high, men to get somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cordial agreement which exists between the governments of France and Great Britain. [Fr., La cordiale entente qui existe entre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57835]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cordial agreement which exists between the governments of France and Great Britain. [Fr., La cordiale entente qui existe entre le gouvernement francais et celui de la Grande-Bretagne.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Bellenden we needs must praise, Who as down the stairs she jumps  Sings o'er the hill and far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43421]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Bellenden we needs must praise, Who as down the stairs she jumps  Sings o'er the hill and far away,   Despising doleful dumps.   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The farmer's daughter hath soft brown hair (Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese)  And I met with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3694]]></link><description><![CDATA[The farmer's daughter hath soft brown hair (Butter and eggs and a pound of cheese)  And I met with a ballad, I can't say where,   That wholly consisted of lines like these.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, the opponents of this project have lost in the court of public opinion. So they've gone behind closed doors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, the opponents of this project have lost in the court of public opinion. So they've gone behind closed doors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the pearly shell That murmurs of the far-off, murmuring sea;  A precious jewel carved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46763]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the pearly shell That murmurs of the far-off, murmuring sea;  A precious jewel carved most curiously;   It is a little picture painted well.    What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the tear that fell     From a great poet's hidden ecstasy;      A two-edged sword, a star, a song--ah me!       Sometimes a heavy tolling funeral bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little I ask; my wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone  (A very plain brown stone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little I ask; my wants are few; I only wish a hut of stone  (A very plain brown stone will do),   That I may call my own;    And close at hand is such a one     In yonder street that fronts the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64981]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59792]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which is the way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35536]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the team has potential. Our pitching looks pretty good and defense looks pretty good, which is the way we usually win games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why are the umpires, the only two people on the field who aren't going to get grass stains on their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why are the umpires, the only two people on the field who aren't going to get grass stains on their knees, the only ones allowed to wear dark trousers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9696]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest labor bears a lovely face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest labor bears a lovely face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On any given day, the market is taking its cue from forecasts and results. Juniper was negative, so that's spilling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34035]]></link><description><![CDATA[On any given day, the market is taking its cue from forecasts and results. Juniper was negative, so that's spilling through the Nasdaq. I think, overall, though, the trend through the rest of the year and into early next year will be more positive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3237]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stood up, the strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stood up, the strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65176]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What women have to stand on squarely is not their ability to see the world in the way men see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42076]]></link><description><![CDATA[What women have to stand on squarely is not their ability to see the world in the way men see it, but the importance and validity of their seeing it in some other way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31752]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Away, and mock the time with fairest show; False face must hide what the false heart doth khow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Away, and mock the time with fairest show; False face must hide what the false heart doth khow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jour printer with gray head and gaunt jaws works at his case, He turns his quid of tobacco, while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48254]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jour printer with gray head and gaunt jaws works at his case, He turns his quid of tobacco, while his eyes blur with the manuscript.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have rededicated myself to my procession as a way of honoring him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38550]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have rededicated myself to my procession as a way of honoring him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to be the first team in the state of North Carolina to win a national championship in football. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31874]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to be the first team in the state of North Carolina to win a national championship in football. People say I must be nuts. Well, maybe I am. ... We all have goals. Why wouldn't they be the highest?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Critics complained it wasn't opera, it wasn't a musical. You give someone something delicious to eat and they complain because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Critics complained it wasn't opera, it wasn't a musical. You give someone something delicious to eat and they complain because they have no name for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14832]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body. [Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't come out focused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42100]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't come out focused.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was sick, you gave me bitter pills, And I must minister the like to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26725]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was sick, you gave me bitter pills, And I must minister the like to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue ofResponsibility on the west coast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue ofResponsibility on the west coast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the destination list of Washington, ... you'll have the MCI Center area, Georgetown and, now, boom, the South Capitol ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29250]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the destination list of Washington, ... you'll have the MCI Center area, Georgetown and, now, boom, the South Capitol Street ballpark area.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all put in different positions for different reasons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40085]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all put in different positions for different reasons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real war will never get in the books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61156]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real war will never get in the books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair?  Can guilt like man's be e'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Father of Light! great God of Heaven! Hear'st thou the accents of despair?  Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven?   Can vice atone for crimes by prayer?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my soul rages a battle without victor. Between faith without proof and reason without charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15036]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my soul rages a battle without victor. Between faith without proof and reason without charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15036</guid></item></channel></rss>