<?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[Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that he was ever less alone than when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57169]]></link><description><![CDATA[That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that he was ever less alone than when alone. [Lat., Nunquam se minus otiosum esse quam cum otiosus; nec minus solum quam cum solus esset.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60643]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15405]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26954]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 It's true we cannot reach Christ's forti'th day Yet to go part of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 It's true we cannot reach Christ's forti'th day Yet to go part of that religious way   Is better than to rest: We cannot reach our Savior's purity; Yet we are bid, 'Be holy ev'n as He':   In both let's do our best. Who goeth in the way which Christ hath gone Is much more sure to meet with Him than one   That traveleth by-ways; Perhaps my God, though He be far before,  May turn, and take me by the hand, and more,   May strengthen my decays. Yet, Lord, instruct us to improve our fast By starving sin, and taking such repast   As may our faults control; That ev'ry man may revel at his door, Not in his parlor -- banquetting the poor,   And among those, his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All he needs is a little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38173]]></link><description><![CDATA[All he needs is a little time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hand that follows intellect can achieve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22884]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hand that follows intellect can achieve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;  Four things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58615]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;  Four things greater than all things are--   Women and Horses and Power and War.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's enough to send shivers down your spine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's enough to send shivers down your spine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to win now, because this one didn't help. I was really happy with her effort on the mound. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39837]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to win now, because this one didn't help. I was really happy with her effort on the mound. The girls tried to battle back, but it was a real bummer of a day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without economy none can be rich, and with it few will be poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without economy none can be rich, and with it few will be poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43779]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24884]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2733]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just kind of went out and we were going, but we weren't going full-bore. Then that second quarter, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39722]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just kind of went out and we were going, but we weren't going full-bore. Then that second quarter, I thought was huge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57827]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66448]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2879]]></link><description><![CDATA[I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58922]]></link><description><![CDATA[I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15827]]></link><description><![CDATA[In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known -- that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53515]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm hoping he will play more minutes on Friday but there are aspects to his game that you won't see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32583]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm hoping he will play more minutes on Friday but there are aspects to his game that you won't see for about six weeks. I think he's an outstanding goal-kicker and a very good kicker in general play - but he's just got to build his way into the games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a grown man with a fully developed personality, try as you might, it's hard to start acting like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30743]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a grown man with a fully developed personality, try as you might, it's hard to start acting like a different person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To succeed means that you may have to step out of line and march to the sound of your own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1000]]></link><description><![CDATA[To succeed means that you may have to step out of line and march to the sound of your own drummer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5536]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always been a dream of mine to be involved in the America's Cup. I remember when I was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29995]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always been a dream of mine to be involved in the America's Cup. I remember when I was a kid sailing Optimists down in Cornwall and there was a British America's Cup challenge that was training in Falmouth,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had so many guys contribute tonight. Everybody was hitting their shots and playing well. It's nice to get contributions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31688]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had so many guys contribute tonight. Everybody was hitting their shots and playing well. It's nice to get contributions from a lot of people. That takes the pressure off of other players.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took all the classes and the shots required by the Red Cross, and they flew us to Mississippi on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33697]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took all the classes and the shots required by the Red Cross, and they flew us to Mississippi on Nov. 21. I also volunteered for the Red Hat Society, because I'm a member of that group.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good things soon find a purchaser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good things soon find a purchaser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13882]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we end one of the most challenging years for the in-store rental industry, we are focused more than ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38631]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we end one of the most challenging years for the in-store rental industry, we are focused more than ever on the overall profitability of our business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with some of us is that we have been inoculated with small doses of Christianity which keep us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with some of us is that we have been inoculated with small doses of Christianity which keep us from catching the real thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Endangered Species Act has been a dismal failure, and in 25 years the act has yet to bring a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Endangered Species Act has been a dismal failure, and in 25 years the act has yet to bring a single species off the list into recovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cold case will be brought back to full light. It'll be tough to prosecute but the Crown will succeed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32095]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cold case will be brought back to full light. It'll be tough to prosecute but the Crown will succeed by March 12. It involves someone found in a forest, and it feels like the person is coming up on more than one charge. There's going to be lots of public controversy around this case.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A beau is one who arranges his curled locks gracefully, who ever smells of balm, and cinnamon; who hums the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16423]]></link><description><![CDATA[A beau is one who arranges his curled locks gracefully, who ever smells of balm, and cinnamon; who hums the songs of the Nile, and Cadiz; who throws his sleek arms into various attitudes; who idles away the whole day among the chair of the ladies, and is ever whispering into some one's ear; who reads little billets-doux from this quarter and that, and writes them in return; who avoids ruffling his dress by contact with his neighbour's sleeve, who knows with whom everybody is in love; who flutters from feast to feast, who can recount exactly the pedigree of Hirpinus. What do you tell me? is this a beau, Cotilus? Then a beau, Cotilus, is a very trifling thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15020]]></link><description><![CDATA[To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25533]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though;  He will not see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though;  He will not see me stopping here   To watch his woods fill up with snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But genius must be born, and never can be taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17309]]></link><description><![CDATA[But genius must be born, and never can be taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never let a rhinestone go unturned ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4046]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never let a rhinestone go unturned]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gentle sleep! Scatter thy drowsiest poppies from above;  And in new dreams not soon to vanish, bless   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gentle sleep! Scatter thy drowsiest poppies from above;  And in new dreams not soon to vanish, bless   My senses with the sight of her I love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690   I find more marks of authenticity in the Bible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690   I find more marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8435</guid></item></channel></rss>