<?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[Everyone was friendly, helpful and I always enjoyed coming here. There always were good horses here, and I won a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone was friendly, helpful and I always enjoyed coming here. There always were good horses here, and I won a lot of money here. That's the name of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The welcome news is in the letter found; The carrier's not commission'd to expound;  It speaks itself, and what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The welcome news is in the letter found; The carrier's not commission'd to expound;  It speaks itself, and what it does contain,   In all things needful to be known is plain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do withthem that's important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22601]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do withthem that's important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream. And I seek then in vain by the meadow and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream. And I seek then in vain by the meadow and stream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22044]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of my favorite tunes we cover is by Barry Cowsill, an artist I recently got into. He was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34193]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of my favorite tunes we cover is by Barry Cowsill, an artist I recently got into. He was a New Orleans native and recently passed away from hurricane Katrina.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining;  Thy fate is the common ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining;  Thy fate is the common fate of all,   Into each life some rain must fall,    Some days must be dark and dreary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was totally surprising to us and alarming to our colleagues, especially those interested in conservation, climate change and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36177]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was totally surprising to us and alarming to our colleagues, especially those interested in conservation, climate change and the ability of governments like Brazil to enforce environmental laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think if you run the tournament again a week later, you could get a totally different result. I think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39390]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think if you run the tournament again a week later, you could get a totally different result. I think Murray is still the team to beat, but there is a lot of parity, more so than there's ever been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish and guests smell after three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fish and guests smell after three days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most dangerous man in the world is the contemplative who is guided by nobody. He trusts his own visions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most dangerous man in the world is the contemplative who is guided by nobody. He trusts his own visions. He obeys the attractions of an interior voice but will not listen to other men. He identifies the will of God with anything that makes him feel, within his own heart, a big, warm, sweet interior glow. The sweeter and the warmer the feeling is, the more he is convinced of his own infallibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2585]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eyes of spring, so azure, Are peeping from the ground;  They are the darling violets,   That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eyes of spring, so azure, Are peeping from the ground;  They are the darling violets,   That I in nosegays bound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43617]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep going over a sentence. I nag it, gnaw it, pat and flatter it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But leave us still our old nobility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But leave us still our old nobility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My staff and I, we're proud of what we did this year with a young team. You can look at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37636]]></link><description><![CDATA[My staff and I, we're proud of what we did this year with a young team. You can look at our record and yeah, it's not pretty. But as far as the direction the program was going, there's no doubt we were moving up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known,  Happy field or mossy cavern,   Choicer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known,  Happy field or mossy cavern,   Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you "come to terms with" only to discover that they are still there. The real questions refuse to be placated. They barge into your life at the times when it seems most important for them to stay away. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will. -Ingrid Bengis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55693]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The case has been going on for so long that I've forgotten whether I'm really innocent or guilty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's got a master plan for everything, and it's still following that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31729]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's got a master plan for everything, and it's still following that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A college joke to cure the dumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23245]]></link><description><![CDATA[A college joke to cure the dumps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4564]]></link><description><![CDATA[A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11374]]></link><description><![CDATA[When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile, damn it !! Smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smile, damn it !! Smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philo swears that he has never dined at home, and it is so; he does not dine at all, except ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philo swears that he has never dined at home, and it is so; he does not dine at all, except when invited out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13983]]></link><description><![CDATA[An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5460]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58170]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20269]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9940]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would do what I pleased, and doing what I pleased, I should have my will, and having my will, I should be contented; and when one is contented, there is no more to be desired; and when there is no more to be desired, there is an end of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience, - and each must give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59036]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience, - and each must give something]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is perilous never to the true, Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool,  And to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14149]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is perilous never to the true, Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool,  And to the false, error and truth alike,   Error is worse than ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the things we tend to worry about we have no control over, so why worry about them? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the things we tend to worry about we have no control over, so why worry about them?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now those memories come back to haunt meThey haunt me like a curse ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now those memories come back to haunt meThey haunt me like a curse]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a back-and-forth, close game all the way. It was one of those games where we were kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31951]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a back-and-forth, close game all the way. It was one of those games where we were kind of out of sync at times, but we definitely executed when the game was on the line; all eight players contributed to the win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pigmies placed on the shoulders of giants see more than the giants themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pigmies placed on the shoulders of giants see more than the giants themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investment itself has evolved, and we try to evolve with it. It's different than it was 20 years ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Investment itself has evolved, and we try to evolve with it. It's different than it was 20 years ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63620]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61612]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do have maps in the lobby of the Des Moines Police Department that's open 24 hours a day, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30210]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do have maps in the lobby of the Des Moines Police Department that's open 24 hours a day, but they will see there's very limited space. And the space they have open, I'd be surprised if they (have) any luck finding a place to live,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49549]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade  And keeps that palace of the soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade  And keeps that palace of the soul serene.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noble sister of Publicola, The moon of Rome, chaste as the icicle  That's curded by the frost from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5798]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noble sister of Publicola, The moon of Rome, chaste as the icicle  That's curded by the frost from purest snow   And hangs on Dian's temple--dear Valeria!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5798</guid></item></channel></rss>