<?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[Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons--  That oppresses, like the Heft   Of Cathedral Tunes-- ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61716]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons--  That oppresses, like the Heft   Of Cathedral Tunes--]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47981]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank you, pretty cow, that made Pleasant milk to soak my bread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank you, pretty cow, that made Pleasant milk to soak my bread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27598]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9408]]></link><description><![CDATA[What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12927]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some report elsewhere whatever is told them; the measure of fiction always increases, and each fresh narrator adds something to what he has heard. [Lat., Hi narrata ferunt alio; mensuraque ficti  Crescit et auditus aliquid novus adjicit auctor.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miserable have no other medicine But only hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth to it. [Fr., L'accent est l'ame du ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accent is the soul of a language; it gives the feeling and truth to it. [Fr., L'accent est l'ame du discours, il lui donne le sentiment et la verite.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32132]]></link><description><![CDATA[National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media, would do well not to take such criticism personally but to regard the media as their allies in keeping the government clean and honest, its services]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, And from your judgment must expect my fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23524]]></link><description><![CDATA[On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, And from your judgment must expect my fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His heart was one of those which most enamour us, Wax to receive, and marble to retain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19039]]></link><description><![CDATA[His heart was one of those which most enamour us, Wax to receive, and marble to retain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things come round to him who will but wait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45725]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things come round to him who will but wait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17042]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope to continue property acquisition in this area so we can keep building a small number of homes in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37467]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope to continue property acquisition in this area so we can keep building a small number of homes in between the larger projects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception of Christ, but come at once - come as you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very tragic. You never think it could happen to you. It makes you more thankful for what you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31624]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very tragic. You never think it could happen to you. It makes you more thankful for what you have and your family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that we realize we're not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3588]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that we realize we're not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has come to depend on my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3371]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has come to depend on my ability to surrender to the inspiration whenever it strikes. When I clear my mind and let the music take over, my hands seem to move on their own, and my voice utters words I haven't premeditated. This is pure instinct. It's like riding a wave. You just take a deep breath, hop on, and hang on as long as you can. That's basically how I songwrite when I'm composing impromptu pieces. It's a lot like channeling. Or free associating. And it's super fun, because anything can happen! It's pure creativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[was prepared to take risks for the peace process, risks to secure agreement and risks to implement it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30118]]></link><description><![CDATA[was prepared to take risks for the peace process, risks to secure agreement and risks to implement it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three weeks into the NFL season, it's hard to say which team is the best in the business, ... So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three weeks into the NFL season, it's hard to say which team is the best in the business, ... So far, I've got it narrowed down to Tampa Bay, Cincinnati and [the University of Southern California].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are uneasy, . . . you never sailed with me before, I see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15514]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are uneasy, . . . you never sailed with me before, I see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even a s Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13638]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even a s Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a handful of short stories, pretending to be a novel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world basically and fundamentally is constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in co-operation with something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53377]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world basically and fundamentally is constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in co-operation with something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.   - Ralph ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.   - Ralph Waldo Emerson,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the first two years we'll probably take 10 because we want to build a nice foundation. After that, we'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38780]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first two years we'll probably take 10 because we want to build a nice foundation. After that, we'll probably do it more like the major league hall where there is no guaranteed amount.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hurts a lot. As much as it's a tradition for football, we try to take it along with us. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42140]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hurts a lot. As much as it's a tradition for football, we try to take it along with us. We don't want to get beat by Michigan any time. To go up there and play like that just hurts a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven for the lazy, but we allow eight to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven for the lazy, but we allow eight to no one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are young, wandering the face of the Earth, wondering what our dreams might be worth, learning that we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27788]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are young, wandering the face of the Earth, wondering what our dreams might be worth, learning that we're only immortal; For a limited time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With self-discipline most anything is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12400]]></link><description><![CDATA[With self-discipline most anything is possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16562]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got blamed for penalty after penalty after penalty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36133]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got blamed for penalty after penalty after penalty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore, For by his side a pouch he wore,  Replete with strange hermetic powder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore, For by his side a pouch he wore,  Replete with strange hermetic powder   That wounds nine miles point-blank would solder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The corporate charter that we have is very strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33802]]></link><description><![CDATA[The corporate charter that we have is very strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He play'd an ancient ditty long since mute, In Provence call'd, "La belle dame sans merci." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57216]]></link><description><![CDATA[He play'd an ancient ditty long since mute, In Provence call'd, "La belle dame sans merci."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We act as though comfort and luxury were the chiefrequirements of life, when all that we need to make us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22385]]></link><description><![CDATA[We act as though comfort and luxury were the chiefrequirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is somethingto be enthusiastic about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22232]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to give ourselves permission to act out our dreams and visions, not look for more sensations, more phenomena, but live our strongest dreams -- even if it takes a lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christianity is not a religion but a relationship of love expressed toward God and men. The church is committed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christianity is not a religion but a relationship of love expressed toward God and men. The church is committed by its Founder to reach out in love to every movement that upbuilds character and integrity in men, and every gesture that aims to resolve the differences that estrange human beings from each other. The Gospel in its free course goes hand-in-hand with the cup of cold water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That guy has been a rock all year and I don't have to think twice about his game. He's given ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40029]]></link><description><![CDATA[That guy has been a rock all year and I don't have to think twice about his game. He's given us a chance to win all year. Things happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future alone is our goal. Thus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59006]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future alone is our goal. Thus, we never live but we hope to live; and always hoping to be happy, it is inevitable that we will never be so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes of his understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21014]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when Fate destines one to ruin it begins by blinding the eyes of his understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When love came first to earth, the Spring Spread rose-beds to receive him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54436]]></link><description><![CDATA[When love came first to earth, the Spring Spread rose-beds to receive him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57006]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring this uniformity up to the highest possible point. A school is a hopper into which children are heaved while they are still young and tender; therein they are pressed into certain standard shapes and covered from head to heels with official rubber-stamps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves two, all the world else is blinde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves two, all the world else is blinde.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14827</guid></item></channel></rss>