<?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[I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54215]]></link><description><![CDATA[I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two are as near one another as extreme wisdom and folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17880]]></link><description><![CDATA[And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22116]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listento you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, "NoShit!" or at least, "No kidding!".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49951]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. . . . Decency is very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11574]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. . . . Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66917]]></link><description><![CDATA['I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things bright and beautiful, / All creatures great and small, / All things wise and wonderful,/ The Lord God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31239]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things bright and beautiful, / All creatures great and small, / All things wise and wonderful,/ The Lord God made them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the skillful direct it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45014]]></link><description><![CDATA[The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the skillful direct it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21719]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if i have said it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if i have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This year's nominations are a true reflection of the diversity that currently exists in Latin music - not only across ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35218]]></link><description><![CDATA[This year's nominations are a true reflection of the diversity that currently exists in Latin music - not only across genres but across generations as well, ... It's inspiring to see so many albums, songs, and music makers getting due recognition from their peers, as well as such a cross section of genres being recognized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished- for state. When did history become a bad word? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45686]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished- for state. When did history become a bad word?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You won't recognize it when we're done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32398]]></link><description><![CDATA[You won't recognize it when we're done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the advertisements; by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an ambassador.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26137]]></link><description><![CDATA[One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many victories worse than a defeat.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64171]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many victories worse than a defeat.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Brandon) Webb is a premier, No. 1 (starter) in this league. I felt I put some good at-bats against him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32649]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Brandon) Webb is a premier, No. 1 (starter) in this league. I felt I put some good at-bats against him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sad part about airports is it is hard to build a new one, ... They are almost an endangered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30282]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sad part about airports is it is hard to build a new one, ... They are almost an endangered species. We can't just close these things willy-nilly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We competed better in the second half, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30662]]></link><description><![CDATA[We competed better in the second half,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They came out and pretty much had their way with us offensively. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28387]]></link><description><![CDATA[They came out and pretty much had their way with us offensively.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday   Jesus invites His saints   To meet around His board; Here pardon'd rebels sit and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday   Jesus invites His saints   To meet around His board; Here pardon'd rebels sit and hold   Communion with their Lord.   For food He give His flesh,   He bids us drink His blood; Amazing favor! matchless grace   Of our descending God!   This holy bread and wine   Maintains our fainting breath, By union with our living Lord   And interest in His death.   Let all our powers be join'd   His glorious name to raise; Pleasure and love fill every mind,   And every voice be praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is what you get when you don't get what youwant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is what you get when you don't get what youwant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3082]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You got nothing to lose, so you might as well just go out there and just keep working hard, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42593]]></link><description><![CDATA[You got nothing to lose, so you might as well just go out there and just keep working hard, ... Hopefully you just get recognized if you don't make Providence. Hopefully someone will see me and maybe give a spot sometime next year, or in the years to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to be the role model, to be the leader of the team. It was kind of hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38266]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to be the role model, to be the leader of the team. It was kind of hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person must stand very tall to see their own fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15399]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They'll probably try to double me, but I just have to be careful and not pick up any cheap fouls. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41038]]></link><description><![CDATA[They'll probably try to double me, but I just have to be careful and not pick up any cheap fouls. I just have to play smart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53476]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret, and hope, and brotherly commiseration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19219]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is the only true nobility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is the only true nobility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. -Kurt Vonnegut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Burmese leader welcomed our offer and explained to our president their seven-point political road map in detail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28929]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Burmese leader welcomed our offer and explained to our president their seven-point political road map in detail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51414]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The South Wind has for the evening donned jasmine scent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2842]]></link><description><![CDATA[The South Wind has for the evening donned jasmine scent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The belly is the teacher of art and the bestower of genius. [Lat., Magister artis ingeniique largitor venter.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20156]]></link><description><![CDATA[The belly is the teacher of art and the bestower of genius. [Lat., Magister artis ingeniique largitor venter.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)  That is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)  That is not quickly buzzed into his ears?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even Echo speaks not on these radiant moors.   - Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even Echo speaks not on these radiant moors.   - Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would say our skill positions have some depth. We have some good, athletic kids. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38581]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would say our skill positions have some depth. We have some good, athletic kids.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050]]></link><description><![CDATA[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service done   By willing and discerning souls was glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriages are made in Heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriages are made in Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Press bravely onward!--not in vain Your generous trust in human kind;  The good which bloodshed could not gain  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Press bravely onward!--not in vain Your generous trust in human kind;  The good which bloodshed could not gain   Your peaceful zeal shall find.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62638</guid></item></channel></rss>