<?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[The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64147]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They laugh that win! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51457]]></link><description><![CDATA[They laugh that win!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50867]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who tries to protect himself from deception is often cheated, even when most on his guard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18325]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do what you know best; if you're a runner, run, if you're a bell, ring ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do what you know best; if you're a runner, run, if you're a bell, ring]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a huge portion of it. It was hard to get into a rhythm. But they took the fight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42266]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a huge portion of it. It was hard to get into a rhythm. But they took the fight to us early. Our offense was very stagnant today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that hath a Fox for his mate, hath neede of a net at his girdle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stream of the living world Where dash the billows of strife!--  One plunge in the mighty torrent   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stream of the living world Where dash the billows of strife!--  One plunge in the mighty torrent   Is a year of tamer life!    City of glorious days,     Of hope, and labour and mirth,      With room and to spare, on thy splendid bays       For the ships of all the earth!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world;  And, for because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48267]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world;  And, for because the world is populous,   And here is not a creature but myself,    I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has to be a certain amount of common sense. As we know, common sense isn't that common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40259]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has to be a certain amount of common sense. As we know, common sense isn't that common.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tranquility is the old man's milk ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tranquility is the old man's milk]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38662]]></link><description><![CDATA[All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We welcome the fact that it was made, we think that it's a positive step, but there's also an agreement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31251]]></link><description><![CDATA[We welcome the fact that it was made, we think that it's a positive step, but there's also an agreement that it's an insufficient step,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28184]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16130]]></link><description><![CDATA[If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35617]]></link><description><![CDATA[But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or see them drown in foamy draughts of old nut-brown, then I do wear the crown, without the cross!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our guards are really stepping up. They're getting into the lane and when (the defense) starts taking away the basket, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our guards are really stepping up. They're getting into the lane and when (the defense) starts taking away the basket, they're getting the ball to me or whoever for the lay-up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16808]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are April when they woo, December when they wed: maids are May when they are maids, but the sky ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are April when they woo, December when they wed: maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He tells old wives' tales much to the point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50247]]></link><description><![CDATA[He tells old wives' tales much to the point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not eat what is unclean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenny got hot early in the game and then started forcing things a little. But he really has become much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kenny got hot early in the game and then started forcing things a little. But he really has become much more of a complete player who brings the ball up, scores from the outside, drives to the basket and really has started to hit the boards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So let it be in God's own might We gird us for the coming fight,  And, strong in Him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57951]]></link><description><![CDATA[So let it be in God's own might We gird us for the coming fight,  And, strong in Him whose cause is ours   In conflict with unholy powers,    We grasp the weapons he has given,--     The Light, and Truth, and Love of Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious queen of childish joys,  Who lead'st along, in airy dance,   Thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parent of golden dreams, Romance! Auspicious queen of childish joys,  Who lead'st along, in airy dance,   Thy votive train of girls and boys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest result of education is tolerance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13377]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest result of education is tolerance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is nearly 100% of the ministry's procurement budget that has gone [missing], ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28942]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is nearly 100% of the ministry's procurement budget that has gone [missing],]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no need to show your ability before everyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no need to show your ability before everyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by laws can ever be protected by them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dolendi modus, timendi non item. (To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.) -Bacon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dolendi modus, timendi non item. (To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.) -Bacon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are susceptible to heretical teachings because, in one form or another, they nurture and reflect the way that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6292]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are susceptible to heretical teachings because, in one form or another, they nurture and reflect the way that we would have it be, rather than the way God has provided, which is infinitely better for us. As they lead us into the blind alleys of self-indulgence and escape from life, heresies pander to the most unworthy tendencies of the human heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither; They had been fou for weeks thegither. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither; They had been fou for weeks thegither.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps, moreover, he whose genius appears deepest and truest excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps, moreover, he whose genius appears deepest and truest excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; he throws out occasionally a lucky hint at truths of which every human soul is profoundly though unutterably conscious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26746]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the Turks are even sicker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your Majesty may think me an impatient sick man, and that the Turks are even sicker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one in this world, so far as I know- and I have researched the records for years, and employed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57014]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one in this world, so far as I know- and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me- has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some councils have only two or three pupils who need this help. That is not a big enough group to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some councils have only two or three pupils who need this help. That is not a big enough group to build up real expertise in dealing with them. They will look at using specialists like Spark of Genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this spacious isle I think there is not one But he hath heard some talk of Hood and Little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57915]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this spacious isle I think there is not one But he hath heard some talk of Hood and Little John,  Of Tuck, the merry friar, which many a sermon made   In praise of Robin Hood, his outlaws, and their trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right is its own defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right is its own defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28502]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But time strips our illusions of their hue, And one by one in turn some grand mistake  Casts off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48726]]></link><description><![CDATA[But time strips our illusions of their hue, And one by one in turn some grand mistake  Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what will not ambition and revenge Descend to? who aspires must down as low  As high he soar'd, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2335]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what will not ambition and revenge Descend to? who aspires must down as low  As high he soar'd, obnoxious first and last   To basest things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45180]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Previously, movies dealing with Arabs, Muslims and Palestinians have always had the stigma that they are automatically guilty. This film ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Previously, movies dealing with Arabs, Muslims and Palestinians have always had the stigma that they are automatically guilty. This film moves the issue closer to a more neutral stance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36646</guid></item></channel></rss>