<?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[So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10196]]></link><description><![CDATA[So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58170]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22593]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pint can't hold a quart -- if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12316]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43930]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;  Though every prospect pleases,   And only man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62308]]></link><description><![CDATA[What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;  Though every prospect pleases,   And only man is vile;    In vain with lavish kindness     The gifts of God are strown;      The heathen in his blindness       Bows down to wood and stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunately this game was against Dixie. It wouldn't have meant as much otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunately this game was against Dixie. It wouldn't have meant as much otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46801]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To those who can dream there is no such place as faraway.  ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12960]]></link><description><![CDATA[To those who can dream there is no such place as faraway. ]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The night walked down the sky with the moon in her hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The night walked down the sky with the moon in her hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52620]]></link><description><![CDATA[In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope will lie to you, but lust is what it is; it never lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope will lie to you, but lust is what it is; it never lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let not the heavens hear these tell-tale women Rail on the Lord's anointed. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let not the heavens hear these tell-tale women Rail on the Lord's anointed. -King Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since the earthquake struck in October, these helicopters have been crucial in transporting food and non-food items, like medicine and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since the earthquake struck in October, these helicopters have been crucial in transporting food and non-food items, like medicine and warm clothing and they have helped to prevent many deaths.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688  But upon a day the good providence of God did cast me to Bedford to work on my calling, and in one of the streets of that town I came where there were three or four poor women sitting at a door in the sun and talking about the things of God; and being now willing to hear them discourse, I drew near to hear what they said, for I was now a brisk talker also myself in the matters of religion. But now I may say I heard, but I understood not; for they were far above, out of my reach; for their talk was about a new birth -- the work of God on their hearts. And methought they spake as if Joy did make them speak; they spake with such pleasantness of scripture language and with such appearance of grace in all they said, that they were to me as if they had found a new world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13536]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our "pocket of excellence" is that 75% of [American] students have learned to "critique tactfully?" -Barbara J. Alexander.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In seeking to kill my humble self and four of my brothers, the whole world has discovered the extent of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29803]]></link><description><![CDATA[In seeking to kill my humble self and four of my brothers, the whole world has discovered the extent of America's lies and failures, and the extent of its savagery in fighting Islam and Muslims.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AWB could not inform DFAT and the UN that that debt was being paid out of these two (wheat) contracts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38435]]></link><description><![CDATA[AWB could not inform DFAT and the UN that that debt was being paid out of these two (wheat) contracts without disclosing that the actions in 1995/1996 had themselves been outside the sanctions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive thyself little, and others much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgive thyself little, and others much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-love seems so often unrequited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-love seems so often unrequited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been contacted by some (ticket holders). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37238]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been contacted by some (ticket holders).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a head that is for rent unfurnished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24401]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a head that is for rent unfurnished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had five receivers on the front line and it was a semi-hands team. We had one or at least ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38256]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had five receivers on the front line and it was a semi-hands team. We had one or at least two shots at it. We didn't come up with it. The big play came when we had a big fourth down play. We had a stop and the kid (Perry) scrambled and scored, we have been victimized by that all year long. You live and die by it and I'm still proud of our team and hats off to Brandywine, they made the plays when they had to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times  Make mountains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54142]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolution of the times  Make mountains level. and the continent,   Weary of solid firmness, melt itself    Into the sea!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you read the constitution, it does not say 'after obtaining the approval' of the parliament but 'after listening to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36233]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you read the constitution, it does not say 'after obtaining the approval' of the parliament but 'after listening to the considerations',]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5088]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I own the soft impeachment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9649]]></link><description><![CDATA[I own the soft impeachment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When [Tatum] hit those three in a row, it really got them going. We weren't able to get back in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32540]]></link><description><![CDATA[When [Tatum] hit those three in a row, it really got them going. We weren't able to get back in it. They made plays, and we didn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18774]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our inventions mirror our secret wishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men need patience to die, but a saint who understands what death admits him to should rather need patience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men need patience to die, but a saint who understands what death admits him to should rather need patience to live]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49322]]></link><description><![CDATA[He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52115]]></link><description><![CDATA[We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all who make plain the nature of our failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55069]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. -Herman Melville.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49509]]></link><description><![CDATA[If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saw life steadily and saw it whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saw life steadily and saw it whole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4705]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends-always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Normally by this time of the day we have a clearer picture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Normally by this time of the day we have a clearer picture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language helps form the limits of our reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language helps form the limits of our reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47259]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far as business and money are concerned, a country gains nothing by a successful war, even though that war involves the acquisition of immense new provinces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very valuable and most precious thing in life is to offer and surrender your life into GOD's purpose ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very valuable and most precious thing in life is to offer and surrender your life into GOD's purpose]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33434</guid></item></channel></rss>