<?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[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary  The Old Testament does not occupy itself with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary  The Old Testament does not occupy itself with how Israel thought of God. Its concern is with how Israel ought to think of God. To it, the existence of God is not an open question, nor His nature, nor the accessibility of knowledge of Him. God Himself has taken care of that He has made Himself known to His people, and their business is not to feel after Him if haply they may fumblingly find Him, but to hearken to Him as He declares to them what and who He is. [Continued].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31838]]></link><description><![CDATA[I figured that, if you do a vampire movie in Hollywood, you've made it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44562]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What ye have been ye still shall be When we are dust the dust among,  O yellow flowers! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10969]]></link><description><![CDATA[What ye have been ye still shall be When we are dust the dust among,  O yellow flowers!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going around the city, seeing the signs, with John Tyler and things like that, it showed us the entire city ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going around the city, seeing the signs, with John Tyler and things like that, it showed us the entire city just came right in there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40636]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26491]]></link><description><![CDATA[You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3463]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49517]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53248]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21031]]></link><description><![CDATA[No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love: the delusion that one woman differs from another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love: the delusion that one woman differs from another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesters do oft prove prophets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesters do oft prove prophets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18624]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He throws 10 pitches (during the game), and then he's in the conditioning room for an hour and he's just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30297]]></link><description><![CDATA[He throws 10 pitches (during the game), and then he's in the conditioning room for an hour and he's just rolling in to the clubhouse when the game is over. He's put in that much work to maintain his body. He doesn't take his body for granted. That's why he's so good. That's why he's had longevity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that when you know something's going wrong, you make it right. That's what I learned in Vietnam. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60630]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that when you know something's going wrong, you make it right. That's what I learned in Vietnam. When I came back from that war I saw that it was wrong. Some people don't like the fact that I stood up to say no, but I did]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is big and this is important. This is not about raising money, it's about raising interest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38164]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is big and this is important. This is not about raising money, it's about raising interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sublime Philosophy! Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;  And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!   We see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sublime Philosophy! Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven;  And bright with beckoning angels--but alas!   We see thee like the patriarch, but in dreams,    By the first step,--dull slumbering on the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we're trying to keep pace (with Montreal) so much as we're trying to win as many games ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32353]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we're trying to keep pace (with Montreal) so much as we're trying to win as many games as possible before we finish the season,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15830]]></link><description><![CDATA[There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Management: First fix the blame. Then fix the problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Management: First fix the blame. Then fix the problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good government is no substitute for self-government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good government is no substitute for self-government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The critical thing is that no two situations are alike. Depending on where you are in Africa, the Middle East ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29342]]></link><description><![CDATA[The critical thing is that no two situations are alike. Depending on where you are in Africa, the Middle East or Asia, laws and medical care are very different. We strive to make sure that travelers have the same information we as diplomats have. Americans and Western interests are targets, and Americans should be aware of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3440]]></link><description><![CDATA[To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more vulgar than haste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more vulgar than haste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worthy books Are not companions--they are solitudes:  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worthy books Are not companions--they are solitudes:  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have peace with God by the righteousness of Christ, and peace of conscience by the fruits of righteousness in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6554]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have peace with God by the righteousness of Christ, and peace of conscience by the fruits of righteousness in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13160]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53028]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mothers tell your children 'Be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder and love is never wrong.' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mothers tell your children 'Be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder and love is never wrong.' Remember how they taught you; how much of it was fear. Refuse to hand it down: The legacy stops here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being Queen of this country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being Queen of this country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prophet of evil! never hadst thou yet A cheerful word for me. To mark the signs  Of coming mischief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prophet of evil! never hadst thou yet A cheerful word for me. To mark the signs  Of coming mischief is thy great delight,   Good dost thou ne'er foretell nor bring to pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many pictures turn out to be limp translations of the known world instead of vital objects which create an intrinsic world of their own. There is a vast difference between taking a picture and making a photograph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One that would have the fruit must climb the tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22142]]></link><description><![CDATA[One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Alliance aims to achieve the same results in 2006. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Alliance aims to achieve the same results in 2006.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dead could not speak against thewar from Vietnam.Who to speak for them if not Kerry? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45977]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dead could not speak against thewar from Vietnam.Who to speak for them if not Kerry?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49405]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant. [Lat., Justum et tenacem propositi virum  Non civium ardor prava jubentium,   Non vultus instantis tyranni,    Mente quatit solida.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ask of specific progress, I'd say we are committed to remain politically engaged, they had be prepared to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ask of specific progress, I'd say we are committed to remain politically engaged, they had be prepared to add political impetus required to reach an agreement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31257</guid></item></channel></rss>