<?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[A picture is a poem without words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45415]]></link><description><![CDATA[A picture is a poem without words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman, Who came of decent people;  He built a church in Dublin town,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman, Who came of decent people;  He built a church in Dublin town,   And on it put a steeple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're a specialty store, so we try and bring in the stuff that no one else has or that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36532]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're a specialty store, so we try and bring in the stuff that no one else has or that is hard to find.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9264]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26769]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One eye sees, the other feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60859]]></link><description><![CDATA[One eye sees, the other feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fare ye well, and give us your applause. [Lat., Vos valete et plaudite.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fare ye well, and give us your applause. [Lat., Vos valete et plaudite.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Angry poor people are 'enraged.'  Angry rich people are 'livid.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Angry poor people are 'enraged.'  Angry rich people are 'livid.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Days are scrolls: Write on them only what you wantremembered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Days are scrolls: Write on them only what you wantremembered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45580]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, or both negotiate their differences and create a greater partnership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simple questions they often ask a policeman is how to get somewhere, directional things. That is what the bulk of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simple questions they often ask a policeman is how to get somewhere, directional things. That is what the bulk of policemen on the beat get asked. There is a mapping system in there. Basic information in terms of support that the policemen give in terms of victim support or any common areas that they might want to go into a police station for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great fortune is a great slavery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42996]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great fortune is a great slavery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gospels cannot explain the Resurrection; it is the Resurrection which alone explains the Gospels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6711]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Gospels cannot explain the Resurrection; it is the Resurrection which alone explains the Gospels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You mean the producer is the guy who was telling me, 'Move along, sir, three feet from the rail?' ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32911]]></link><description><![CDATA[You mean the producer is the guy who was telling me, 'Move along, sir, three feet from the rail?' ... I want someone with musical experience to tell me that I (stink).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word  When they met in the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12559]]></link><description><![CDATA[And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word  When they met in the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9427]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Streak of silver sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Streak of silver sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'how' thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile 'ifs'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59164]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'how' thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile 'ifs'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace, The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45371]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace, The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52995]]></link><description><![CDATA[To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some great men owe most of their greatness to the ability of detecting in those they destine for their tools the exact quality of strength that matters for their work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The three-martini lunch is the epitome of American efficiency. Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and a snootful at the same time?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt like we got in a rhythm there in the second half. I think it was a definite improvement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35378]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt like we got in a rhythm there in the second half. I think it was a definite improvement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . and now expecting Each hour their great adventurer, from the search  Of foreign words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/668]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . and now expecting Each hour their great adventurer, from the search  Of foreign words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've practiced loving long enough, Let's come at last to hate.  [Ger., Wir haben lang genug geliebt,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18851]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've practiced loving long enough, Let's come at last to hate.  [Ger., Wir haben lang genug geliebt,   Und wollen endlich hassen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54262]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was disappointing. I love being a baseball player. I love the city. I loved being a Red Sox. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30703]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was disappointing. I love being a baseball player. I love the city. I loved being a Red Sox. But it's a business. They do what they do to benefit the team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best is the enemy of the good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best is the enemy of the good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some there be that shadows kiss; Such have but a shadow's bliss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60224]]></link><description><![CDATA[My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none. [Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none. [Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O how grandly cometh Even, Sitting on the mountain summit,  Purple-vestured, grave, and silent,   Watching o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14260]]></link><description><![CDATA[O how grandly cometh Even, Sitting on the mountain summit,  Purple-vestured, grave, and silent,   Watching o'er the dewy valleys,    Like a good king near his end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55115]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4318]]></link><description><![CDATA[To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Melvin's contract is absolutely being extended, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doug Melvin's contract is absolutely being extended,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43166]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have suffered greatly, poor mother. Oh! do not lament, you have now the portion of the elect. It is in this way that mortals become angels. It is not their fault; they do not know how to set about it otherwise. This hell from which you have come out is the first step towards Heaven. We must begin by that. -- Jean Valjean --]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2012]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think they're all really, really coming around beautifully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40066]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think they're all really, really coming around beautifully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America, who commanded the sun and the moon to sand still--and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America, who commanded the sun and the moon to sand still--and they obeyed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5371]]></link><description><![CDATA[The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There wasn't one particular thing that made us say we needed to have this drill, it's more of a general ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42084]]></link><description><![CDATA[There wasn't one particular thing that made us say we needed to have this drill, it's more of a general preparedness thing. We drill annually because a disaster situation stretches our resources and goes beyond our normal scope of day-to-day operations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42084</guid></item></channel></rss>