<?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 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[Sits the wind in that corner? -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sits the wind in that corner? -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do believe that if it's meant to be, it will be. Luckily for me, things worked out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37316]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do believe that if it's meant to be, it will be. Luckily for me, things worked out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to resemble them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57068]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to resemble them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kyle is more mechanical, and Kevin is a smoother player. He has all the shots. Kyle hits the ball much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kyle is more mechanical, and Kevin is a smoother player. He has all the shots. Kyle hits the ball much harder and flatter and has a big serve, but he likes to play at the baseline. Kevin has the more all-around game and likes to go to the net, but he's not nearly as powerful as Kyle. They don't look like they started at the same academy, which in a sense is good. Kids don't all need to be taught the same way because they have different strengths.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65398]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that lives ill, feare followes him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43469]]></link><description><![CDATA[A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11074]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I liked the feeling of being in the middle of trouble and trying to find a way out. Football is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38876]]></link><description><![CDATA[I liked the feeling of being in the middle of trouble and trying to find a way out. Football is my life story happening on a football field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never put much confidence in such, as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never put much confidence in such, as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself. As to the pure all things are pure, even so to the impure all things are impure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of these dancers are dancers who are on the verge of their careers, so to speak. They're here to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29016]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of these dancers are dancers who are on the verge of their careers, so to speak. They're here to hone their artistry and make the transition from the classroom to the stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deal legitimizes India as a nuclear power and Pakistan of course is getting nothing of the sort. It has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deal legitimizes India as a nuclear power and Pakistan of course is getting nothing of the sort. It has left Pakistan feeling exposed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is about creating benefit for all and enjoying the process. If you focus on this & adopt this definition, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is about creating benefit for all and enjoying the process. If you focus on this & adopt this definition, success is yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are the physicians of a mind diseased. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32004]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58785]]></link><description><![CDATA[So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53001]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.   - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it an offence, is it a mistake, is it a crime to take a hopeful view of the prospects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it an offence, is it a mistake, is it a crime to take a hopeful view of the prospects of your own country? Why should it be? Why should patriotism and pessimism be identical? Hope is the mainspring of patriotism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13744]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Besides 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak;  That Latin was no more difficile  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Besides 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak;  That Latin was no more difficile   That to a blackbird 'tis to whistle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A people free to choose will always choose peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63422]]></link><description><![CDATA[A people free to choose will always choose peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42963]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I sat at the Cafe I said to myself, They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,  They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking,   But help it I cannot, I cannot help thinking    How pleasant it is to have money, heigh-ho!     How pleasant it is to have money!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking is more stinking than drinking, but to feel isfor real. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is more stinking than drinking, but to feel isfor real.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was 10 times better, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34104]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was 10 times better,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18424]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not annoy his host after three days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Anon -Allan K. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Anon -Allan K. Chalmers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11055]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist without impudent people? It cannot; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41482]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist without impudent people? It cannot; so do not ask for impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to score field goals when we can score touchdowns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32175]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to score field goals when we can score touchdowns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I date this girl for two years, and then the nagging starts: 'I wanna know your name!' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65862]]></link><description><![CDATA[I date this girl for two years, and then the nagging starts: 'I wanna know your name!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This promises well for Carlos' chances in the rest of the race. We had a feeling he'd be in top ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40099]]></link><description><![CDATA[This promises well for Carlos' chances in the rest of the race. We had a feeling he'd be in top shape after finishing well in the Tour and later having the time to prepare himself and spend time with his family without being troubled by injuries, illness or stressful contract negotiations. But just before a race starts you always get a little nervous anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things deteriorate in time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51782]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things deteriorate in time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18498]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal a crown. The sin lessens as the guilt increases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify -Henry Thoreau. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify -Henry Thoreau.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43720]]></link><description><![CDATA[By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power abdicates only under stress of counter-power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power abdicates only under stress of counter-power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37512]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught at last like a rat with all the world on its back. And the only thing left to do is shout -- not moan, or complain, but yell out at the top of your voice whatever it was you had to say. What you've never said before. What perhaps you don't even know till now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pentecost  Every time we say, 'I believe in the Holy Spirit,' we mean that we believe that there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pentecost  Every time we say, 'I believe in the Holy Spirit,' we mean that we believe that there is a living God able and willing to enter human personality and change it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without danger we cannot get beyond danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65418]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is a democrat at twenty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mortal love is when sensuality is satisfied. True love is when love is sacrificed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mortal love is when sensuality is satisfied. True love is when love is sacrificed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just hope it wasn't a one-off and that we're going to tail off again after this. Everything seemed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just hope it wasn't a one-off and that we're going to tail off again after this. Everything seemed to work well. I hope it lasts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40200</guid></item></channel></rss>