<?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[The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury? [Lat., Quid facies tibi,  Injuriae qui addideris ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22844]]></link><description><![CDATA[What wilt thou do to thyself, who hast added insult to injury? [Lat., Quid facies tibi,  Injuriae qui addideris contumeliam?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A computer will not make a good manager out of a bad manager. It makes a good manager better faster ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15882]]></link><description><![CDATA[A computer will not make a good manager out of a bad manager. It makes a good manager better faster and a bad manager worse faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never settle with words what you can accomplish with a flame-thrower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never settle with words what you can accomplish with a flame-thrower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a couple of shifts later. They turn things around so quickly, it's frustrating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bible is literature, not dogma. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53531]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bible is literature, not dogma.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closer one gets to the top, the more one finds there is no "top.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58147]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closer one gets to the top, the more one finds there is no "top.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'CSI effect' is not something that we're happy about, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33079]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'CSI effect' is not something that we're happy about,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The National Guard or any service is there for that reason. It's a job and it's what the military requires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The National Guard or any service is there for that reason. It's a job and it's what the military requires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're more concerned with the closed areas within the perimeter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29377]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're more concerned with the closed areas within the perimeter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What region of the earth is not full of our calamities? [Lat., Quae regio in terris nostri non plena laboris.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1666]]></link><description><![CDATA[What region of the earth is not full of our calamities? [Lat., Quae regio in terris nostri non plena laboris.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61774]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lo! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps; Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps;  She, while the lovely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lo! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps; Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps;  She, while the lovely babe unconscious lies,   Smiles on her slumbering child with pensive eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some excitement is warranted, but the question is, how much? Either the stock is correct in that the recovery and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some excitement is warranted, but the question is, how much? Either the stock is correct in that the recovery and earnings are going to be faster than analysts like me have predicted, or we're going to see the stock grind lower to a more sensible level in the next few months.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's helping the stock price today, but gastric cancer is not one of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35453]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's helping the stock price today, but gastric cancer is not one of the biggest markets for cancer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've said it all season and it's getting old. When Joe's not in there, we have to have somebody step ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38278]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've said it all season and it's getting old. When Joe's not in there, we have to have somebody step up for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29672]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your legs don't move and you can't take a deep breath. You start to hit the ball about a yard wide, instead of inches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13526]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father must have had some elementary education for he could read and write and keep accounts inaccurately.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind, is now making contact with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9829]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind, is now making contact with mysticism, the essence of religion and manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the intuitive mind, shows very beautifully the unity and complementary nature of the rational and intuitive modes of consciousness; of the yang and the yin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53552]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths that come on high and are contained in the sacred writings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[C is for cookie, it's good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10160]]></link><description><![CDATA[C is for cookie, it's good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53136]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53136</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[I think the rest of the country is getting a little bit better picture of what it is to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38485]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the rest of the country is getting a little bit better picture of what it is to be a Vermonter. He's voting his conscience. I just wish the rest of the Congress was like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878   Come all crosses, welcome, welcome! so I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878   Come all crosses, welcome, welcome! so I may get my heart full of my Lord Jesus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66601]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream after dream ensues; And still they dream that they shall still succeed;  And still are disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream after dream ensues; And still they dream that they shall still succeed;  And still are disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rose, what is become of thy delicate hue? And where is the violet's beautiful blue?  Does aught of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rose, what is become of thy delicate hue? And where is the violet's beautiful blue?  Does aught of its sweetness the blossom beguile?   That meadow, those daisies, why do they not smile?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, it's as though one of God's checks has bounced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27528]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274  God usually answers our prayers so much more according ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274  God usually answers our prayers so much more according to the measure of His own magnificence, than of our asking, that we do not recognize His benefits to be those for which we sought Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Local production will make our position even stronger since we can offer our main volume model at a very competitive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Local production will make our position even stronger since we can offer our main volume model at a very competitive price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowery oratory he [Walpole] despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowery oratory he [Walpole] despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, "All those men have their price."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27017]]></link><description><![CDATA[By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it takes a man to suffer what other men have invented . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Friday   Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us, and the recognition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good Friday   Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us, and the recognition of the cross as the substitute for all the want on our part. The whole work is His, not ours, from first to last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody's going to fight for the mantle of Ariel Sharon. I think partly because he covered such a wide swath of the middle of Israeli politics there are going to be innumerable theories of what he might have done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just wanted to make some money and have a job since I'm not old enough for another job, like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31153]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just wanted to make some money and have a job since I'm not old enough for another job, like in a store,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played well for our first game. We're still trying to move them around and get them comfortable with each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42129]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played well for our first game. We're still trying to move them around and get them comfortable with each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't get many bites, but you can get some big bass, especially when the pattern first develops. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40401]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't get many bites, but you can get some big bass, especially when the pattern first develops.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a tree.  . . . .  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59684]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a tree.  . . . .   Poems are made by fools like me,    But only God can make a tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like I'd always get close [to gaining 100 yards in a game] but fall short. It felt good to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39138]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like I'd always get close [to gaining 100 yards in a game] but fall short. It felt good to get that one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, I suppose I can give your career a bit of a leg-up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, I suppose I can give your career a bit of a leg-up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The order of the world is always right -- such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The order of the world is always right -- such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2181]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy?  What are the blessings of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy?  What are the blessings of the sight?   Oh, tell your poor blind boy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4336</guid></item></channel></rss>