<?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 your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13948]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're dealing with some of the same countries that we're dealing with. They're dealing in manufacturing environments as well as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31379]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're dealing with some of the same countries that we're dealing with. They're dealing in manufacturing environments as well as distributor environments. They're dealing with import and export issues, which is a big part of our business. They understand the fundamentals and have hands-on experience with all supply-chain activity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human civilization is not something achieved against nature; it is rather the outcome of the working of the innate qualities of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true. -The Winter's Tale. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love a ballad in print o' life, for then we are sure they are true. -The Winter's Tale. Act iv. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44386]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eve wasn't a size 6 and neither am I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eve wasn't a size 6 and neither am I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to move the whole monument, it would have crumbled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42038]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to move the whole monument, it would have crumbled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little gale will soon disperse that cloud And blow it to the source from whence it came.  Thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57908]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little gale will soon disperse that cloud And blow it to the source from whence it came.  Thy very beams will dry those vapors up,   For every cloud engenders not a storm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there had anywhere appeared in space   Another place of refuge where to flee,  Our hearts had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6207]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there had anywhere appeared in space   Another place of refuge where to flee,  Our hearts had taken refuge from that place,   And not with Thee. For we against creation's bars had beat   Like prisoned eagles, through great worlds had sought Though but a foot of ground to plant our feet,   Where Thou wert not. And only when we found in earth and air,   In heaven or hell, that such might nowhere be That we could not flee from Thee anywhere,   We fled to Thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All green was vanished save of pine and yew, That still displayed their melancholy hue;  Save the green holly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19583]]></link><description><![CDATA[All green was vanished save of pine and yew, That still displayed their melancholy hue;  Save the green holly with its berries red,   And the green moss that o'er the gravel spread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a very warm spot in my heart for Vegas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41013]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a very warm spot in my heart for Vegas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We received a grant through the Discovery Project to visit the Portland Art Museum, the Oregon Historical Society, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We received a grant through the Discovery Project to visit the Portland Art Museum, the Oregon Historical Society, and the Oregon Zoo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It did a great deal of good, physically and mentally for me. I felt fresh out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37347]]></link><description><![CDATA[It did a great deal of good, physically and mentally for me. I felt fresh out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't make a habit of pointing out other people's flaws. You're not perfect either. Look in the mirror before you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't make a habit of pointing out other people's flaws. You're not perfect either. Look in the mirror before you look out the window.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to make enemies, try to change something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66752]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to make enemies, try to change something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black man out the back door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24706]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14805]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white  And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue   Do paint ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10814]]></link><description><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white  And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue   Do paint the meadows with delight,    The cuckoo then, on every tree,     Mocks married men: for thus sings he, Cuckoo;      Cuckoo, cuckoo: O, word of fear,       Unpleasing to a married ear!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew the ball was going in. No question about it. You have to put the ball in the basket ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42283]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew the ball was going in. No question about it. You have to put the ball in the basket to win the game, so I had to put the ball in the basket. And backboard? No! I was trying to find the quickest way to put the ball in the basket, period.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would place economic restrictions on the property owners themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31501]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would place economic restrictions on the property owners themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another humanbeing. Each of us owes deepest thanks to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another humanbeing. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled thislight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should the brave Spanish soldiers brag? The sunne never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shineth on one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should the brave Spanish soldiers brag? The sunne never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shineth on one part or other we have conquered for our king.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And you pretend it doesn't bother you, When you just want to explode... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28007]]></link><description><![CDATA[And you pretend it doesn't bother you, When you just want to explode...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57786]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that a special warning strip of land around the edge of a baseball field lets a player know that he is about to run into a concrete wall when he is preoccupied with catching the ball. The wider that strip of land and the more sensitive the player is to the changing composition of the ground under his feet as he pursues the ball, the more effective the warning. Romanticizing or lionizing as "individualistic" those people who disregard social cues and inducements increases the danger of head-on collisions with inherent social limits. Decrying various forms of social disapproval is in effect narrowing the warning strip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253   Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this, or that; He knows best what is good for us. If your boy should ask you [for] a suit of clothes, and give you reasons, would you endure it? You know his needs better than he: let him ask a suit of clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25243]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17729]]></link><description><![CDATA[There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He presents too great a risk to the community. No amount of therapy will prepare him for release to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40087]]></link><description><![CDATA[He presents too great a risk to the community. No amount of therapy will prepare him for release to the street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another of our highly prized virtues is fidelity. We are immensely pleased with ourselves when we are faithful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24648]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many brave men lived before Agamemnon; but, all unwept and unknown, are lost in the distant night, since they are without a divine poet (to chronicle their deeds). [Lat., Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona  Multi; sed omnes illacrimabiles   Urguentur ignotique sacro.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown. Whate'er the course, the end is the renown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13788]]></link><description><![CDATA[All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown. Whate'er the course, the end is the renown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, if you can get 25 percent guys in a class, you're doing great. I think it's because there are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, if you can get 25 percent guys in a class, you're doing great. I think it's because there are so many other options.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have nothing to declare but my genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have nothing to declare but my genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy The tongues of soothers! but a braver place  In my heart's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16171]]></link><description><![CDATA[By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy The tongues of soothers! but a braver place  In my heart's love hath no man than yourself.   Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5684]]></link><description><![CDATA[In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill-will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow-men, not knowing what they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only if, for some reason, the government falls, there is an election and the Liberals win, Mr. Graham presumably would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only if, for some reason, the government falls, there is an election and the Liberals win, Mr. Graham presumably would lead them into an election should that be held.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5271</guid></item></channel></rss>