<?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[We kind of got after it defensively. We keyed on their turnovers and attacked the hoop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31279]]></link><description><![CDATA[We kind of got after it defensively. We keyed on their turnovers and attacked the hoop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of the trees were old and sick. They weren't made to resist winds like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of the trees were old and sick. They weren't made to resist winds like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a cow is kept for every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1958]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade, and no horses are kept, a cow is kept for every three acres of land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest,  When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board   The old broken links of affection restored,    When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,     And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before.      What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye?       What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an extremely vital tourist attraction. We get calls all the time: 'When are they running again?' I want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31500]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an extremely vital tourist attraction. We get calls all the time: 'When are they running again?' I want to see this back on schedule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54564]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing which cannot be perverted by being told badly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, he that cuts off twenty years of life Cuts off so many years of fearing death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free livers on a small scale; who are prodigal within the compass of a guinea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Free livers on a small scale; who are prodigal within the compass of a guinea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be,  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53469]]></link><description><![CDATA[G-- knows I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be,  But twenty times I rather would be   An atheist clean,    Than under gospel colours hid be,     Just for a screen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have two guys who are battling hard, who are in an emotional game and who drop the gloves, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33974]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have two guys who are battling hard, who are in an emotional game and who drop the gloves, to me that's a 'hockey fight,' and I have no problem with that. But if you have two guys who go out on the ice looking for someone to fight, and it has little to do with the game, there's really no reason for that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no must in art because art is free ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3147]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no must in art because art is free]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20462]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14711]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To decide, to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6109]]></link><description><![CDATA[To decide, to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61151]]></link><description><![CDATA['What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should have been told. I'll be damned,' he said defiantly, 'if they shall have a war without consulting me. What's a cabinet for, if there's not more mutual confidence than that? What do they want a war for anyway?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11654]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or anideal always before him, causes it, through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or anideal always before him, causes it, through repetition, to be burieddeeply in his subconscious mind and is thus enabled, thanks to itsgenerative and sustaining power, to realize his goal in a minimum of timeand with a minimum of physical effort. Just pursue the thoughtunceasingly. Step by step you will achieve realization, for all yourfaculties and powers become directed to that end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest luxury of riches is, that they enable you to escape so much good advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26095]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest luxury of riches is, that they enable you to escape so much good advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56287]]></link><description><![CDATA[If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unicorn is a very fierce beast with only one horn. To capture it a virgin maid is placed in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56982]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unicorn is a very fierce beast with only one horn. To capture it a virgin maid is placed in the field. The unicorn approaches her, and resting in her lap, is so taken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe women have played major roles, both tangible or intangible, in the imperial family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34521]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe women have played major roles, both tangible or intangible, in the imperial family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labour as long liu'd, pray as even dying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended. [Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam corrigas quae ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended. [Lat., Frangas enim, citius quam corrigas quae in pravum induerunt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God be thank'd that the dead have left still Good undone for the living to do--  Still some aim ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62132]]></link><description><![CDATA[God be thank'd that the dead have left still Good undone for the living to do--  Still some aim for the heart and the will   And the soul of a man to pursue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are thrilled that Richard Edgar has decided to continue his academic and athletic career at George Mason. Richard is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36113]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are thrilled that Richard Edgar has decided to continue his academic and athletic career at George Mason. Richard is an outstanding person with impeccable credentials as both a person and a student athlete.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shrove Tuesday marks the beginning of the Lenten journey in a celebratory way. We're on this 40-day path. How can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shrove Tuesday marks the beginning of the Lenten journey in a celebratory way. We're on this 40-day path. How can we remember this with our actions?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good financial planning tool, ... We're hoping it will help people understand what Social Security can provide, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39877]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good financial planning tool, ... We're hoping it will help people understand what Social Security can provide, but also encourage them to do further planning for retirement savings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail,  When ladies dare to hear? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51086]]></link><description><![CDATA[But why pursue the common tale? Or wherefore show how knights prevail,  When ladies dare to hear?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19918]]></link><description><![CDATA[At worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63838]]></link><description><![CDATA[As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13934]]></link><description><![CDATA[You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased by them, or too grasping to care for what you cannot turn to other account than mere delight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst men often give the best advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst men often give the best advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-by to the Bill of Rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64852]]></link><description><![CDATA[If anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it. All he must be prepared to do is give his life for the president's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16528]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the full value of time and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That of all the floures in the mede, Thanne love I most these floures white and rede,  Suche as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10987]]></link><description><![CDATA[That of all the floures in the mede, Thanne love I most these floures white and rede,  Suche as men callen daysyes in her toune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true poem rests between the words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true poem rests between the words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -James Thurber. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. -James Thurber.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memorial Service: Farewell party for someone who already left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memorial Service: Farewell party for someone who already left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the greater shadows fall from the lofty mountains. [Lat., Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55303]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the greater shadows fall from the lofty mountains. [Lat., Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch, Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth,  Between two blades, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch, Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth,  Between two blades, which bears the better temper,   Between two horses, which doth bear him best,    Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye,     I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgment;      But in these nice sharp quillets of the law,       Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an internal fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an internal fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prions are highly indestructible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prions are highly indestructible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21775</guid></item></channel></rss>