<?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[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[Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale,  And nightly to the listening earth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale,  And nightly to the listening earth   Repeats the story of her birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52904]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29552]]></link><description><![CDATA[If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear creature!--you'd swear When her delicate feet in the dance twinkle round,  That her steps are of light, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear creature!--you'd swear When her delicate feet in the dance twinkle round,  That her steps are of light, that her home is the air,   And she only par complaisance touches the ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're biggest expense is the money you don't make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21199]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're biggest expense is the money you don't make.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is forever making the head its fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19018]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is forever making the head its fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15975]]></link><description><![CDATA[The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation and supervision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53416]]></link><description><![CDATA[But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53603]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25510]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love opposition that has convictions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45146]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love opposition that has convictions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things. [Lat., Memoria est thesaurus omnium rerum e custos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things. [Lat., Memoria est thesaurus omnium rerum e custos.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Michael & All Angels    Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Michael & All Angels    Pray hardest when it is hardest to pray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst thing you can do for love is deny it; so when you find that special someone, don't let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11903]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst thing you can do for love is deny it; so when you find that special someone, don't let anyone or anything to get in your way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to his Creator, will be sure, early or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to his Creator, will be sure, early or late, to repent in vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26772]]></link><description><![CDATA[A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want an honest, sincere and intensive fight against terrorism from Pakistan in cooperation with Afghanistan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40048]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want an honest, sincere and intensive fight against terrorism from Pakistan in cooperation with Afghanistan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think there's any question it looks like they're left-handed, and rightly so. If you have those kinds of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31882]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think there's any question it looks like they're left-handed, and rightly so. If you have those kinds of people on the field, you might as well take advantage of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: "Give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: "Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overall for lithography, we still need to shrink for these guys to get two microprocessors on a chip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overall for lithography, we still need to shrink for these guys to get two microprocessors on a chip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1687]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year, the offense, we weren't able to put up that many points. This year we have weapons like Derrick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year, the offense, we weren't able to put up that many points. This year we have weapons like Derrick Williams, Justin King, Michael Robinson at quarterback. I'm anxious to see how that turns out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of wickedness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of wickedness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope it will give us several shots a day. We've never had the whole team play well. We've had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36049]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope it will give us several shots a day. We've never had the whole team play well. We've had one (golfer) play well, but when you have three of your five players in the top 10 then usually you're in contention for the title.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60062]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45053]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out of ten makes a success, but the man who makes his own opportunities is, barring an accident, a sure-fire success]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was so proud of the heart we showed. Over the last three quarters, we fought our way back into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31952]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was so proud of the heart we showed. Over the last three quarters, we fought our way back into the game and had a big surge in the fourth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They ran the ball on us all game two years ago. They pretty much ran the ball on us at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37436]]></link><description><![CDATA[They ran the ball on us all game two years ago. They pretty much ran the ball on us at will. It was going downhill on us every play. It just wasn't good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it\'s sitting down making a quilt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time women come together with a collective intention, it's a powerful thing. Whether it\'s sitting down making a quilt, in a kitchen preparing a meal, in a club reading the same book, or around the table playing cards, or planning a birthday party, when women come together with a collective intention, magic happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23325]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was very popular last year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33524]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was very popular last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you woke up breathing, congratulations!  You have another chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65717]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you woke up breathing, congratulations!  You have another chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Charger and the MillerA charger, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill instead of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Charger and the MillerA charger, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill instead of going out to battle. But when he was compelled to grind instead of serving in the wars, he bewailed his change of fortune and called to mind his former state, saying, Ah! Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle. Forbear, said the Miller to him, harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is why we will end the hunger strike, but it should not be forgotten that it was a warning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28436]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is why we will end the hunger strike, but it should not be forgotten that it was a warning to those who do not abide by law and justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We get blows and return them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50380]]></link><description><![CDATA[We get blows and return them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28028]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to formulate individual plans for every player. We'll pull back when a player's fatigued. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38897]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to formulate individual plans for every player. We'll pull back when a player's fatigued.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46991]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His form had yet not lost All his original brightness, not appear'd  Less than arch-angel ruined, and th' excess ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12155]]></link><description><![CDATA[His form had yet not lost All his original brightness, not appear'd  Less than arch-angel ruined, and th' excess   Of glory obscured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch youburn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch youburn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big waters alone, although some friends think I shouldn't. Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16080</guid></item></channel></rss>