<?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[Flowers are words which even a baby can understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's athletic, but he's really raw yet. He's definitely a scrappy kid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36470]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's athletic, but he's really raw yet. He's definitely a scrappy kid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and the playing field gets dark very quickly in the fall. Many parents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32723]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and the playing field gets dark very quickly in the fall. Many parents can't get home from work in time to watch their children play, and kids who'd like to play don't get a chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You might get a No.1 pick like Peyton Manning. Ask the Colts if they think the system is working. Or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36021]]></link><description><![CDATA[You might get a No.1 pick like Peyton Manning. Ask the Colts if they think the system is working. Or ask the Cowboys with Troy Aikman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru;  Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru;  Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife,   And watch the busy scenes of crowded life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59778]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou know'st, great son, The end of war's uncertain, but this certain,  That, if thou conquer Rome, the benefit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou know'st, great son, The end of war's uncertain, but this certain,  That, if thou conquer Rome, the benefit   Which thou shalt thereby reap is such a name    Whose repetition will be dogged with curses,     Whose chronicle thus writ: 'The man was noble,      But with his last attempt he wiped it out,       Destroyed his country; and his name remains        To th' ensuing age abhorred,' Speak to me son.         Thou hast affected the fine strains of honor,          To imitate the graces of the gods;           To tear with thunder the wide cheeks o' th' air,            And yet to change thy sulphur with a bolt             That should rive an oak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some remedies are worse than the disease itself. [Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some remedies are worse than the disease itself. [Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem a turned it into an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63618]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain,  And bear the marks upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4376]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain,  And bear the marks upon a blushing face,   OF needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27868]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23575]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Angry poor people are 'enraged.'  Angry rich people are 'livid.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Angry poor people are 'enraged.'  Angry rich people are 'livid.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind conscious of its own rectitude. [Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51845]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind conscious of its own rectitude. [Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   Thou lovest, without passion; art jealous, without anxiety; repentest, yet grievest not; art angry, yet serene; changest Thy works, Thy purpose unchanged; receivest again what Thou findest, yet didst never lose; never in need, yet rejoicing in gains; never covetous, yet exacting usury. Thou receivest over and above, that Thou mayest owe; and who hath aught that is not Thine? Thou payest debts, owing nothing; remittest debts, losing nothing. And that have I now said, my God, my life, my holy joy? or what saith any man when he speaks of Thee? Yet woe to him that speaketh not, since mute are even the most eloquent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a bullpen day for some of these guys so we wanted to try get in some work for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32153]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a bullpen day for some of these guys so we wanted to try get in some work for them. We're hoping we can be ready for when league starts again next week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite,  That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honor   Evan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite,  That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honor   Evan till a Lethe'd dulness--]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In youth we learn; in age we understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46269]]></link><description><![CDATA[In youth we learn; in age we understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great wits and valours, like great states, Do sometimes sink with their own weights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great wits and valours, like great states, Do sometimes sink with their own weights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts have been understood. Nothing is as real as a healthy dose of magic which restores our spirits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the movies and the movies are us ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33113]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the movies and the movies are us]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17964]]></link><description><![CDATA[When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...cops and reporters are much alike. Both are absolutely dedicated to doing the job at hand, regardless of obstacles. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44823]]></link><description><![CDATA[...cops and reporters are much alike. Both are absolutely dedicated to doing the job at hand, regardless of obstacles. And both, deep down, really believe the rules don't apply to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river,  Like the bubble on the fountain,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the dew on the mountain, Like the foam on the river,  Like the bubble on the fountain,   Thou are gone, and for ever!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always too early to quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13643]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always too early to quit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The saddest thing in the world, is loving someone who used to love you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62926]]></link><description><![CDATA[The saddest thing in the world, is loving someone who used to love you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Errors are not in the art but in the artificers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bill of Rights -- The Original Contract With America. Accept no substitutes. Beware of imitations. Insist on the genuine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9918]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bill of Rights -- The Original Contract With America. Accept no substitutes. Beware of imitations. Insist on the genuine articles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the market realizes there is no real threat of an immediate conflict, the market will calm down and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the market realizes there is no real threat of an immediate conflict, the market will calm down and we will see oil prices back in the $50s or $60s per barrel. This is highly political.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that the School Board will see the wisdom of providing bus monitors, at least for all buses transporting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that the School Board will see the wisdom of providing bus monitors, at least for all buses transporting elementary school students.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good marriage is like a good trade: Each thinks he got the better deal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26416]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good marriage is like a good trade: Each thinks he got the better deal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55212]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Master Kingston, this I will say--had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Head Start plays a big role. We start at a younger age to cut the barriers of culture, but education ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Head Start plays a big role. We start at a younger age to cut the barriers of culture, but education I think that's more important than anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet all how beautiful! Pillars of pearl Propping the cliffs above, stalactites bright  From the ice roof depending; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet all how beautiful! Pillars of pearl Propping the cliffs above, stalactites bright  From the ice roof depending; and beneath,   Grottoes and temples with their crystal spires    And gleaming columns radiant in the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65186]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   Who seeks for heaven alone to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957   Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul  May keep the path, but will not reach the goal;  While he who walks in love may wander far,  Yet God will bring him where the blessed are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every bees hony is sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every bees hony is sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was at a luncheon; and some cameras were trained on us. I dont' know whether they were for television ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39351]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was at a luncheon; and some cameras were trained on us. I dont' know whether they were for television or not. You know how little I know about cameras.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just did not take care of our business. We missed too many shots, made too many mistakes, and played ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40168]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just did not take care of our business. We missed too many shots, made too many mistakes, and played non-aggressive. I sincerely believe we have three of the best players in the greater Houston area, yet all three of them struggled tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is not contrary to reason…. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not contrary to reason….]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50866]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who rushes headlong into love will fare worse than if he had cast himself from a precipice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead. [Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead. [Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14021</guid></item></channel></rss>