<?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[Life is just part of the big picture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is just part of the big picture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot raise a man up by calling him down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21879]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot raise a man up by calling him down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbelievable. He was great. It was the best I've seen him -- I've had Gibby for three years, and he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unbelievable. He was great. It was the best I've seen him -- I've had Gibby for three years, and he's had some great performances, including a no-hitter against Maryland, but today was the best performance I've seen him have -- total control, total command. ... He was outstanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43514]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1214]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are, while human miseries abound, A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,  Without one fool or flatterer at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61371]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are, while human miseries abound, A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth,  Without one fool or flatterer at your board,   Without one hour of sickness or disgust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When if or chance or hunger's powerful sway Directs the roving trout this fatal way,  He greedily sucks in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16113]]></link><description><![CDATA[When if or chance or hunger's powerful sway Directs the roving trout this fatal way,  He greedily sucks in the twining bait,   And tugs and nibbles the fallacious meat.    Now, happy fisherman; now twitch the line!     How thy rod bends! behold, the prize is thine!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-something they are using to get around in but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people treat their bodies as if they were rented from Hertz-something they are using to get around in but nothing they genuinely care about understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition is the illusion of permanance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tradition is the illusion of permanance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our gas experts on site that day conducted a thorough investigation on our system. Through these investigations, there was no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our gas experts on site that day conducted a thorough investigation on our system. Through these investigations, there was no indication that the leak was occurring outside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6089]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17355]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to foster democratic freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/437]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 'tis true that a good play needs no epilogue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get something done a committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9006]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get something done a committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is neither wise nor brave to question God. It is the folly of a prideful heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is neither wise nor brave to question God. It is the folly of a prideful heart]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just go out there and do what you have to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just go out there and do what you have to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when Lady, the brach, may stand by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when Lady, the brach, may stand by the fire and stink.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took our time to examine all potential alternatives, contacted every team, and tried to make the best deal we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31649]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took our time to examine all potential alternatives, contacted every team, and tried to make the best deal we could. I think there were a lot of teams, like us, that liked his talent, but found it hard to find a spot on their major league team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2973]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you haven't all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you wouldn't want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28079]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you haven't all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you wouldn't want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what nerves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what nerves let you do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46517]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this. - The Upton Letters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wrestled very well. We continued to show improvement. Zach Lopez has been using his practice time wisely and looked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38926]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wrestled very well. We continued to show improvement. Zach Lopez has been using his practice time wisely and looked much-improved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll take donations of any amount. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35646]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll take donations of any amount.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mike says he's taken more cruises with me than he has with his wife. Which is true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mike says he's taken more cruises with me than he has with his wife. Which is true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since Heaven's eternal year is thine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since Heaven's eternal year is thine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most famous example is probably early on in the Harper government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most famous example is probably early on in the Harper government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This consolidation really started in the mid-1990s but picked up speed and is still continuing. In the last 15 years, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35889]]></link><description><![CDATA[This consolidation really started in the mid-1990s but picked up speed and is still continuing. In the last 15 years, about 150 companies have been acquired or merged. Most of the consolidation is confined to the top 10 builders, who are acquiring companies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have a smattering knowledge of anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48531]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have a smattering knowledge of anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65190]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan drove like a champion, again, as he has all year long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dan drove like a champion, again, as he has all year long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14184]]></link><description><![CDATA[An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fawn and His MotherA young fawn once said to his Mother, You are larger than a dog, and swifter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fawn and His MotherA young fawn once said to his Mother, You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so? She smiled, and said: I know full well, my son, that all you say is true. I have the advantages you mention, but when I hear even the bark of a single dog I feel ready to faint, and fly away as fast as I can. No arguments will give courage to the coward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54614]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you see a friend without a smile; give him one of yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23503]]></link><description><![CDATA[A judge's duty is to grant justice, but his practice is to delay it: even those judges who know their duty adhere to the general practice. [Fr., Le devoir des juges est de rendre justice, leur metier est de la differer; quelques uns savent leur devoir, et font leur metier.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36736]]></link><description><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire is bound to hold. But while smiling at each other, both sides will continue making preparations for war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that sow in tears shall reap joy. [Psalms 126:5]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1377]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that sow in tears shall reap joy. [Psalms 126:5].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many heroes lived before Agamemnon, but they are all unmourned, and consigned to oblivion, because they had no bard to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many heroes lived before Agamemnon, but they are all unmourned, and consigned to oblivion, because they had no bard to sing their praises. [Lat., Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona  Multi: sed omnes illacrimabiles   Urgentur, ignotique longa    Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our sincere wish that the Northern Ireland institutions be restored as soon as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30123]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our sincere wish that the Northern Ireland institutions be restored as soon as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people are fee to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45305]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are fee to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This technology is the heart of the next wave of innovation. The leaders that do this well are able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34612]]></link><description><![CDATA[This technology is the heart of the next wave of innovation. The leaders that do this well are able to rapidly change the way their current businesses work to meet the ever-changing demands of their customers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66693]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God himself favors the brave. [Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4865]]></link><description><![CDATA[God himself favors the brave. [Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4865</guid></item></channel></rss>