<?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[[HOLLYWOOD, California (Variety) -- Nicolas Cage, who played twins in] Adaptation ... It's time for me to discover and enjoy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29605]]></link><description><![CDATA[[HOLLYWOOD, California (Variety) -- Nicolas Cage, who played twins in] Adaptation ... It's time for me to discover and enjoy my own company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If he is out for a long time he will be a huge loss because he has been magnificent over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39682]]></link><description><![CDATA[If he is out for a long time he will be a huge loss because he has been magnificent over the past few months.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don't know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By magic numbers and persuasive sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57290]]></link><description><![CDATA[By magic numbers and persuasive sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the early 70s a lot of these (sites) were closed by the state and capped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39678]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the early 70s a lot of these (sites) were closed by the state and capped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is, To have a thankless child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51336]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is, To have a thankless child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss: "It's four o clock. At five I have my abyss... ".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27569]]></link><description><![CDATA[All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62310]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs.  And he clothes them with thunders and beauty,   He clothes them with music and fire,    Seeing not, as he bows by their altars,     That he worships his own desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is like manure. If you spread it around it does a lot of good. But if you pile it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is like manure. If you spread it around it does a lot of good. But if you pile it up in one place it stinks like hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The god-like hero sate On his imperial throne:  His valiant peers were placed around,   Their brows with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4850]]></link><description><![CDATA[The god-like hero sate On his imperial throne:  His valiant peers were placed around,   Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound    (So should desert in arms be crowned).     The lovely Thais by his side,      Sate like a blooming Eastern bride       In flower of youth and beauty's pride.        Happy, happy, happy pair!         None but the brave,          None but the brave,           None but the brave deserve the fair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15825]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Caske and an ill custome must be broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49004]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By hooke or crooke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48548]]></link><description><![CDATA[By hooke or crooke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in mathematics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46588]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in mathematics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25568]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning of the night ~~ When I woke to find you gone ~~ I knew your distant devil ~~Must be draggin' you along]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to be against the odds. I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, it's just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49696]]></link><description><![CDATA[One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I should be making plans more for the next world than for this one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35821]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should be making plans more for the next world than for this one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12230]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35301]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25342]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15901]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932 In the pure soul, whether it sing or pray, The Christ is born anew from day to day. The life that knoweth Him shall bide apart And keep eternal Christmas in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here the two great interests Imperium et Libertas, res olim insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here the two great interests Imperium et Libertas, res olim insociabiles (saith Tacitus), began to incounter each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915 Continuing a short series on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915 Continuing a short series on Romans 8:   [Of vv. 26,27]   Nor are we alone in our struggles. The Holy Spirit supports our helplessness. Left to ourselves we do not know what prayers to offer or how to offer them. But in those inarticulate groans which rise from the depth of our being, we recognize the voice of none other than the Holy Spirit. He makes intercession; and His intercession is sure to be answered. For God Who searches the inmost recesses of the heart can interpret His own Spirit's meaning. He knows that His own Will regulates Its petitions, and that they are offered for men dedicated to His service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58161]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  We need not despair of any man, so long as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  We need not despair of any man, so long as he lives. For God deemed it better to bring good out of evil than not to permit evil at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter. [Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,  Die Tochter denk' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter. [Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,  Die Tochter denk' ich.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservatives divide the world in terms of good and evil while liberals do it in terms of the rich and poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29276]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll be working with everybody so I'll get to know fairly well what different issues are coming up in the stations. I'll just be going from the field to the office more. I have to thank Tim (Bragg, who retired last week as assistant fire chief with 28 years at MFD). He prepared me well for the office end of this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone,  Something uncompleted still   Waits the rising of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labour with what zeal we will, Something still remains undone,  Something uncompleted still   Waits the rising of the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to have a situation where Coach Chavis and Coach Slade say I want you to be on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37340]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to have a situation where Coach Chavis and Coach Slade say I want you to be on the best receiver and lock him down, stay on him the whole game, don't let him touch the ball, smother him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There must be more to life than having everything. Judy Newman -Maurice Sendak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24880]]></link><description><![CDATA[There must be more to life than having everything. Judy Newman -Maurice Sendak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pointing out the comic elements of a situation can bring a sense of proportion and perspective to what might otherwise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pointing out the comic elements of a situation can bring a sense of proportion and perspective to what might otherwise seem an overwhelming problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're never too old to become younger ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62529]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're never too old to become younger]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27306]]></link><description><![CDATA[If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18237]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the voice of strange command Calling you still, as friend calls friend,  With love that cannot brook ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43303]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the voice of strange command Calling you still, as friend calls friend,  With love that cannot brook delay,   To rise and follow the ways that wend    Over the hills and far away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no limit to our discussion. Everything is on the table. It is time to turn the page. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30088]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no limit to our discussion. Everything is on the table. It is time to turn the page.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They both take a playful look at the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33596]]></link><description><![CDATA[They both take a playful look at the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.  His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads.  His cares must still be double to his joys,   In any dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man knows more than he understands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man knows more than he understands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22890</guid></item></channel></rss>