<?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[My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44369]]></link><description><![CDATA[My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody remembers Ironton in its heyday in the '40s and '50s, that's when Ironton was booming and we've gone downhill, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody remembers Ironton in its heyday in the '40s and '50s, that's when Ironton was booming and we've gone downhill, and we have, we've hit rock bottom, ... But if we all don't stand together, we're not going to stand back up. It's going to take all of us to put it back on track.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/841]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a Model.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11637]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57589]]></link><description><![CDATA[If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27112]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to finish when I fold my hand and go up to the big poker game in the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28604]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to finish when I fold my hand and go up to the big poker game in the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51637]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49912]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're mirror images of each other. It's gonna come down to who makes the least mistakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33454]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're mirror images of each other. It's gonna come down to who makes the least mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do not acknowledge until we are crushed under its wheel]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We probably did foul them a lot, but 37 attempts to 10 attempts is a fairly large disparity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31957]]></link><description><![CDATA[We probably did foul them a lot, but 37 attempts to 10 attempts is a fairly large disparity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moon is a silver pin-head vast, That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43061]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moon is a silver pin-head vast, That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening is not a rational act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardening is not a rational act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."  "The question is," said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62027]]></link><description><![CDATA["The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."  "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master -- that's all.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer, as my friend Coleridge waggishly writes, has set in with its usual severity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Summer, as my friend Coleridge waggishly writes, has set in with its usual severity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or in running water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50802]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or in running water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dawn: When men of reason go to bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When there is deliberate, intentional violence by man against man, very particular feelings are generated, ... The victimized population wants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40835]]></link><description><![CDATA[When there is deliberate, intentional violence by man against man, very particular feelings are generated, ... The victimized population wants revenge. There's a breakdown of trust in your fellow man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mourn, little harebells, o'er the lea; Ye stately foxgloves fair to see!  Ye woodbines, hanging bonnilie   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mourn, little harebells, o'er the lea; Ye stately foxgloves fair to see!  Ye woodbines, hanging bonnilie   In scented bowers!    Ye roses on your thorny tree     The first o' flow'rs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers of theory must be pruned and the plant kept close to its proper soil- experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punishment is justice for the unjust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punishment is justice for the unjust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year we didn't shave or fully taper until state and we went from being ranked in the low 20s ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year we didn't shave or fully taper until state and we went from being ranked in the low 20s to finishing eighth in the 200 free relay. This year, who knows how much time we can drop. I don't know if Fenwick shaved and tapered for sectionals or not - I have no idea. But we're shooting for No. 1, and I think it's an attainable goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57575]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole worl's in a state o' chassis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58042]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17642]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?  Still it whisper'd promised pleasure,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19777]]></link><description><![CDATA[But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?  Still it whisper'd promised pleasure,   And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning,--an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning,--an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have seen the future and it is very much like the present, only longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39647]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have seen the future and it is very much like the present, only longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48325]]></link><description><![CDATA[We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no knowledge that is not power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47960]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no knowledge that is not power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said that Sean Hannity took residence up Newt Gingrich'sbutt from 94 to 98. I got that from British intelligence.It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20101]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said that Sean Hannity took residence up Newt Gingrich'sbutt from 94 to 98. I got that from British intelligence.It turns out he only took up residence in 95.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church-going bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4104]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church-going bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played very sloppy early. We gave up too many goals in the first half. But we made some adjustments ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30568]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played very sloppy early. We gave up too many goals in the first half. But we made some adjustments at halftime and played well enough to win in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41808]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas are bankrupt, and that the party basically takes their loyalty for granted, ... Then the Republicans start coming around - and we're like the lonely girl standing against the wall at a dance. Even if you know it's lip service, you feel receptive, just because somebody has bothered to come over and pay attention to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, sir, and wherefore; for they say every why hath a wherefore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51235</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[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945   And by 'knowledge' here [II Peter 1:2,5,8;2:20;3:18] is not to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945   And by 'knowledge' here [II Peter 1:2,5,8;2:20;3:18] is not to be understood a mere theoretical knowledge of the truths of Christianity, or the gnosis of the Gnostics; but a realization of these truths influencing the practice and leading to holiness of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12286]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;  Ne'er saw I, never felt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill;  Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!   The river glideth at his own sweet will.    Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;     And all that mighty heart is lying still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19963]]></link><description><![CDATA[But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46665]]></link><description><![CDATA[In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contract With Women of the USA ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contract With Women of the USA]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29961</guid></item></channel></rss>