<?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[Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRIEND: A member of the opposite sex in your acquaintance who has some flaw which makes sleeping with him/her totally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11108]]></link><description><![CDATA[FRIEND: A member of the opposite sex in your acquaintance who has some flaw which makes sleeping with him/her totally unappealing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54798]]></link><description><![CDATA[True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and such knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important. Art transmits these truths from the region of perception.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10946]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remain just one thing, and one thing only -- and that is a clown. It places me on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8928]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remain just one thing, and one thing only -- and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year, Clear Channel Radio announced plans to launch Spanish-language formats in markets where there was a need for more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year, Clear Channel Radio announced plans to launch Spanish-language formats in markets where there was a need for more Hispanic-targeted programming. The success of KLOL/Mega epitomizes the very essence of what we hoped to accomplish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow-to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24475]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the leadership is right and the time is right, the people can always be counted upon to follow-to the end and at all costs. Charles deGaulle -Harold J. Seymour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2674]]></link><description><![CDATA[While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essay is about connection to his homeland. It's about honoring his parents, and the importance of ritual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essay is about connection to his homeland. It's about honoring his parents, and the importance of ritual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65959]]></link><description><![CDATA[History: An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many of us were single and young, there were no boundaries between work and home. It was a tremendously ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34966]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many of us were single and young, there were no boundaries between work and home. It was a tremendously productive period for all of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't communicate. I don't speak Japanese and he doesn't speak English. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't communicate. I don't speak Japanese and he doesn't speak English.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6311]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw that a humble man, with the blessing of the Lord, might live on a little; and that where the heart is set on greatness, success in business did not satisfy the craving, but that commonly with an increase of wealth, the desire of wealth increased.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49406]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope to have most of the funds raised by the July 2006 Woodford County 4-H Fair, and have the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34129]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope to have most of the funds raised by the July 2006 Woodford County 4-H Fair, and have the new building up and operating for the 2007 fair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64564]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're taught to love everyone, to love your enemies, then what value does that place on love?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sadness is also a kind of defence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sadness is also a kind of defence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the snobbery of the people on the Mayflower looking down their noses at the people who came over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56707]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the snobbery of the people on the Mayflower looking down their noses at the people who came over ON THE SECOND BOAT!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We grow small trying to be great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2354]]></link><description><![CDATA[We grow small trying to be great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38798]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44925]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13212]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is perhaps common in the world for individuals and nations to suffer for their noble qualities more than for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44591]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is perhaps common in the world for individuals and nations to suffer for their noble qualities more than for their ignoble ones. For nobility is an occasion for pride, the most treacherous of sentiments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have short-term memory loss, though I like to think of it as Presidential eligibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26960]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have short-term memory loss, though I like to think of it as Presidential eligibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25040]]></link><description><![CDATA[To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is the least you can get by with. The maximum is the most you're capable of. The optimum is the amount or degree of anything that is most favorable toward the ends you desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is made of stories, not atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is made of stories, not atoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we've gotten way too lackadaisical, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29137]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we've gotten way too lackadaisical,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think over again my small adventures, my fears, These small ones that seemed so big. For all the vital ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44210]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think over again my small adventures, my fears, These small ones that seemed so big. For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing. To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304   Christians in their relationships should be the most human people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Agnes, Child Martyr at Rome, 304   Christians in their relationships should be the most human people you will ever see. This speaks for God in an age of inhumanity and impersonality and facelessness. When people look at us, their reaction should be, "These are human people" -- human, because we know that we differ from the animal, the plant, and the machine; and that personality is native to what has always been [human]. If they cannot look upon us and say, "They are real people", nothing else is enough. (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rob me the exchequer. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rob me the exchequer. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can be counted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not everything that can be counted counts; and not everything that counts can be counted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline. It helps if you have some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57724]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64906]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blows are sarcasms turned stupid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blows are sarcasms turned stupid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is to kiss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is cultured insolence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is cultured insolence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be no 'third-round' of reductions, but we recognize the need to reduce the duties on some goods based ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29370]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be no 'third-round' of reductions, but we recognize the need to reduce the duties on some goods based on individual requests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swift as a shadow, short as any dream; Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That in a spleen unfolds both heaven and earth, And ere a man hath power to say, Behold! The jaws of darkness do devour it up: So quick bright things come to confusion. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That, though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46700]]></link><description><![CDATA[That, though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60992]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60992</guid></item></channel></rss>