<?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[On Tuesday last A falcon, now tow'ring in her pride of place,  Was by a mousing owl hawked at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15057]]></link><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday last A falcon, now tow'ring in her pride of place,  Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had more chances tonight. The defense got the ball back for us all night, and we were able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32760]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had more chances tonight. The defense got the ball back for us all night, and we were able to make something happen with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44124]]></link><description><![CDATA[A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul's highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52414]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13075]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was very irrational and having visions and hallucinations, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36166]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was very irrational and having visions and hallucinations,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love opposition that has convictions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45146]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love opposition that has convictions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody makes his path differently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody makes his path differently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's pretty brazen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31848]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's pretty brazen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66464]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23325]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May I govern my passions with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45612]]></link><description><![CDATA[May I govern my passions with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37721]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come a time when I would forget it, or it would be in the past as anything else might be - no, it's there every day of my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRELATE, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19580]]></link><description><![CDATA[PRELATE, n. A church officer having a superior degree of holiness and a fat preferment. One of Heaven's aristocracy. A gentleman of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25664]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundation of justice is good faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23600]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundation of justice is good faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64724]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64724</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[When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60294]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing — a vice little known heretofore in the American army — is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect 'that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My coach saw I was hitting in the first quarter, so he just told me to keep shooting. My shot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39386]]></link><description><![CDATA[My coach saw I was hitting in the first quarter, so he just told me to keep shooting. My shot was falling tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Satan now is wiser than of yore, And tempts by making rich, not making poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58902]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Satan now is wiser than of yore, And tempts by making rich, not making poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were the fastest cars produced in 1987. Faster even than the Corvette. That's what made them famous. Everybody who's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34891]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were the fastest cars produced in 1987. Faster even than the Corvette. That's what made them famous. Everybody who's ever driven one of those cars is impressed with its speed and handling. To this day, there are all kinds of shootouts between the Grand Nationals and Mustangs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41684]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down; Where a green grassy turf is all I crave,  With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down; Where a green grassy turf is all I crave,  With here and there a violet bestrown,   Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave;    And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norman is the guy we've been waiting to sign. He comes from a quality program; Coach Emmanuel Davis does a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Norman is the guy we've been waiting to sign. He comes from a quality program; Coach Emmanuel Davis does a great job in Headland.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can say Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar, and Hekmatyar represent a threat to the world and we believe we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45312]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can say Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar, and Hekmatyar represent a threat to the world and we believe we will catch them within the next year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing with Anthony is that he loves to play basketball. Any time the gym's open, he's here. All summer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31310]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing with Anthony is that he loves to play basketball. Any time the gym's open, he's here. All summer long, he was a gym rat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think you can be a success at anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25564]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think you can be a success at anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39598]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, they censor your work when they're scared of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4773]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17732]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it makes slaves, some free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His pitch count was good. We don't have another game until Thursday, so after the fifth inning I told him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32715]]></link><description><![CDATA[His pitch count was good. We don't have another game until Thursday, so after the fifth inning I told him I was going to give him a shot to go the full distance. I'm very proud of what we saw from him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shopping for jeans can be such a pain. But these invite-only events create a party atmosphere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shopping for jeans can be such a pain. But these invite-only events create a party atmosphere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legally all member states that apply reduced rates, they have to come back to the minimum standard VAT rate in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Legally all member states that apply reduced rates, they have to come back to the minimum standard VAT rate in the European Union, which is 15 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a bit of a surprise for us that we had problems in Hungary. But in reality, I think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34882]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a bit of a surprise for us that we had problems in Hungary. But in reality, I think the car could have been pretty competitive with a trouble-free race.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because I am a nice guy, it doesn't mean I am not sexy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because I am a nice guy, it doesn't mean I am not sexy,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27594]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27594</guid></item></channel></rss>