<?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[They shall knaw a file, and flee unto the mountains of Hepsidam whar the lion roareth and the Wang Doodle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48086]]></link><description><![CDATA[They shall knaw a file, and flee unto the mountains of Hepsidam whar the lion roareth and the Wang Doodle mourneth for its first born--ah!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26747]]></link><description><![CDATA[I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good preacher should have these qualities and virtues: first, to teach systematically; second, he should have a ready wit; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8325]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good preacher should have these qualities and virtues: first, to teach systematically; second, he should have a ready wit; third, he should be eloquent; fourth, he should have a good voice; fifth, a good memory; sixth, he should know when to make an end; seventh, he should be sure of his doctrine; eighth, he should venture and engage body and blood, wealth and honor, in the world; ninth, he should suffer himself to be mocked and jeered of everyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it is to be, it is up to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21698]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it is to be, it is up to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe I've ever caused all three turnovers in a game and gotten two of them. That was awesome. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37266]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe I've ever caused all three turnovers in a game and gotten two of them. That was awesome. But what makes it better is that we won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All three times we played Christopher Newport, we got any shot we wanted. The other two times we didn't shoot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37919]]></link><description><![CDATA[All three times we played Christopher Newport, we got any shot we wanted. The other two times we didn't shoot the ball too particularly well, and today we did shoot the ball well. We've got some guys who can shoot it, and we are going to let them shoot it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10947]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The new coaching staff seemed like they're ready to renovate. They said I was too good for (junior college). I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39043]]></link><description><![CDATA[The new coaching staff seemed like they're ready to renovate. They said I was too good for (junior college). I saw the spring game, and they looked like they were motivated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21469]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you change the belief first, changing the action is easier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6002]]></link><description><![CDATA[A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released. -Robert Penn Warren.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe some of my quest for success comes from Joan of Arc but there's no conscious part of Catholicism in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe some of my quest for success comes from Joan of Arc but there's no conscious part of Catholicism in my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a caldron, and at some point it's just going to boil over. We're at the edge, and this administration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31860]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a caldron, and at some point it's just going to boil over. We're at the edge, and this administration and this Legislature need to do something before we lose (control of) a prison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am inhabited by a cry.Nightly it flaps outLooking, with its hooks, for something to love.I am terrified by this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26896]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am inhabited by a cry.Nightly it flaps outLooking, with its hooks, for something to love.I am terrified by this dark thingThat sleeps in me;All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is lost yet, nothing broken, and yet the cold blue word is spoken: say goodbye now to the Sun, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is lost yet, nothing broken, and yet the cold blue word is spoken: say goodbye now to the Sun, the days of love and leaves are done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39545]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, to go undetected and to go unpunished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65707]]></link><description><![CDATA[As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25979]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong payroll growth raises inflationary concerns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong payroll growth raises inflationary concerns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like madness is the glory of this life As this pomp shows to a little oil and root. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like madness is the glory of this life As this pomp shows to a little oil and root.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1096]]></link><description><![CDATA[He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad literature . . . is a form of treason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad literature . . . is a form of treason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Depression is the inability to construct a future ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Depression is the inability to construct a future]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every month when my check came we would do one nice thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every month when my check came we would do one nice thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Changed to a lapwing by th' avenging god, He made the barren waste his lone abode,  And oft on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Changed to a lapwing by th' avenging god, He made the barren waste his lone abode,  And oft on soaring pinions hover'd o'er   The lofty palace then his own no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59798]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The infields are dangerous. They are extremely hard last night's game showed it. They need to be replaced or somebody's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35601]]></link><description><![CDATA[The infields are dangerous. They are extremely hard last night's game showed it. They need to be replaced or somebody's going to get hurt. It's like sliding on cement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27858]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14550]]></link><description><![CDATA[And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No season now for calm, familiar talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58613]]></link><description><![CDATA[No season now for calm, familiar talk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first condition for the establishment of perpetual peace is the general adoption of the principles of laissez-faire capitalism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15720]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first condition for the establishment of perpetual peace is the general adoption of the principles of laissez-faire capitalism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harder blows, make acute and balanced observers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a little frustrating because we like a fast, up-tempo pace to the game. We like to fast break, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30607]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a little frustrating because we like a fast, up-tempo pace to the game. We like to fast break, and they kind of slowed that down for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51574]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16451]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real events in a real world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26732]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been fun and a lot of hard work, but I've been glad with the outcome. I always said our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39038]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been fun and a lot of hard work, but I've been glad with the outcome. I always said our senior year we'd be good. We're trying to do more than make the playoffs. That was our expectations at the beginning of the season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny floors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place when Asahel fell down and died stood still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...we are entitled to make almost any reasonable assumption, but should resist making conclusions until evidence requires that we do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52210]]></link><description><![CDATA[...we are entitled to make almost any reasonable assumption, but should resist making conclusions until evidence requires that we do so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52210</guid></item></channel></rss>