<?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[If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30189]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not going to be above normal for much of the next week, and it's going to remain wet most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not going to be above normal for much of the next week, and it's going to remain wet most of the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crier of green sauce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10141]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crier of green sauce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is where everyone is doing his own thing. Paradise is where everyone is doing God's thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is where everyone is doing his own thing. Paradise is where everyone is doing God's thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weep not that the world changes -- did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were a cause indeed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weep not that the world changes -- did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were a cause indeed to weep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must get a thing before he can forget it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16472]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must get a thing before he can forget it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24024]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint, no canvas, I just think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45410]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint, no canvas, I just think about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People want a quick fix, ... They want immediate results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39748]]></link><description><![CDATA[People want a quick fix, ... They want immediate results.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42922]]></link><description><![CDATA[With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the service of the Lord, it is not where but how you serve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14513]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the service of the Lord, it is not where but how you serve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18974]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4486]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences of his own folly. With a little wisdom and foresight, surely it is not yet necessary to forsake life in the fresh air and in the warmth of the sunlight. What a paradox if our own cleverness in science should force us to live underground with the moles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity only knocks once ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity only knocks once]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14411]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/628]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea is to bring a higher quality, better-looking product to the consumer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33464]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea is to bring a higher quality, better-looking product to the consumer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4866]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of the kids are succeeding in the regular classroom with accommodations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37251]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of the kids are succeeding in the regular classroom with accommodations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they [teams] don't call me ... wow, I might retire. That would be like a real hit to me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32697]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they [teams] don't call me ... wow, I might retire. That would be like a real hit to me because that's them telling you they don't think you can play any more. I'll wait and see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have a core group of some of the best players in Georgia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41722]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have a core group of some of the best players in Georgia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have no enemies, you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13867]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have no enemies, you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8696]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime:  When the wise Wanderer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45670]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime:  When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate,   Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And angling too, that solitary vice, What Izaak Walton sings or says:  The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16103]]></link><description><![CDATA[And angling too, that solitary vice, What Izaak Walton sings or says:  The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet   Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;  Custards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;  Custards for supper, and an endless host   Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies,    And other such ladylike luxuries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61205]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well that war is so terrible--we shouldn't grow too fond of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing I really like about Danny is he's very versatile. He can handle it and shoot it. He's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing I really like about Danny is he's very versatile. He can handle it and shoot it. He's not one-dimensional. A lot of guards can do one or the other. He's able to do both. That's what makes him a scholarship player.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58345]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is going to take me two-and-a-half hours - so instead of a nice meal I'm going to be stuck ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41907]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is going to take me two-and-a-half hours - so instead of a nice meal I'm going to be stuck with beans on toast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've personally used e2fsprogs 1.05 to make a 54bib partition. That's a lot of bibs. I thought a double chin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25151]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've personally used e2fsprogs 1.05 to make a 54bib partition. That's a lot of bibs. I thought a double chin was a lot, but to need 54 bibs, it would have to be a FAT partition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50387]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied with his own, as a matter of course.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is the true parent of genius. In all ages solitude has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is the true parent of genius. In all ages solitude has been called for--has been flown to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1126]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. - Reflections on Life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is not the "will to win" . . . everybody has that. It is the will to prepare ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3793]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is not the "will to win" . . . everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes ill deeds done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51348]]></link><description><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes ill deeds done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1693]]></link><description><![CDATA[African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now the only thing that will beat us is ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now the only thing that will beat us is ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He always told me that he only had two or three. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31843]]></link><description><![CDATA[He always told me that he only had two or three.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passing into higher forms of desire, that which slumbered in the plant, and fitfully stirred in the beast, awakes in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passing into higher forms of desire, that which slumbered in the plant, and fitfully stirred in the beast, awakes in the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a comparison is made of the variant readings of the New Testament with those of other books which have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6703]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a comparison is made of the variant readings of the New Testament with those of other books which have survived from antiquity, the results are little short of astounding. For instance, although there are some 200,000 "errors" among the New Testament manuscripts, these appear in only about 10,000 places, and only about one-sixtieth rise above the level of trivialities. Westcott and Hort, Ezra Abbot, Philip Schaff, and A. T. Robertson have carefully evaluated the evidence and have concluded that the New Testament text is over 99 percent pure. In the light of the fact that there are over 5,000 Greek manuscripts, some 9,000 versions and translations, the evidence for the integrity of the New Testament is beyond question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A library implies an act of faith ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24756]]></link><description><![CDATA[A library implies an act of faith]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24756</guid></item></channel></rss>