<?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[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[I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! how easily things go wrong! A sigh too deep, or a kiss too long,  And then comes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! how easily things go wrong! A sigh too deep, or a kiss too long,  And then comes a mist and a weeping rain,   And life is never the same again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are ready to face them in court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31009]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are ready to face them in court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11779]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on my plate with just a little piece of meat. And if someone asks me why I didn't get more meat, I'll just say, "Oh, you mean this?" and pull out a big piece of meat from inside the blob of potatoes, where I've hidden it. Good magic trick, huh?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43500]]></link><description><![CDATA[After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta. [Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna charta.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta. [Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna charta.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst men often give the best advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst men often give the best advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's about always showing new stuff. Do not become stagnant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40624]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's about always showing new stuff. Do not become stagnant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4066]]></link><description><![CDATA[The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's in Spam?nostrils brains?and eyesintestinal linings and uteri?anything swept from the slaughterhouse floor?except the blood already out the doorSpam comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61354]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's in Spam?nostrils brains?and eyesintestinal linings and uteri?anything swept from the slaughterhouse floor?except the blood already out the doorSpam comes from offalSpam smells... awfulfrom murdering pigs Hormel makes Spamfrom butchering pigs Hormel makes ham.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a huge fan of the music of Broadway, and I have an affinity for what I refer to as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30615]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a huge fan of the music of Broadway, and I have an affinity for what I refer to as the Golden Age of Broadway, ... The music makes me feel good and the music makes audiences feel good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36461]]></link><description><![CDATA[One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I find myself fading, I close my eyes and realize my friends are my energy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16819]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I find myself fading, I close my eyes and realize my friends are my energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fail at love, and the other tests don't matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fail at love, and the other tests don't matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many other people?s lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here, thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take--and sometimes tea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here, thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take--and sometimes tea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56293]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue: he approaches nearest to the Gods, who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On such an occasion as this, All time and nonsense scorning,  Nothing shall come amiss,   And we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15586]]></link><description><![CDATA[On such an occasion as this, All time and nonsense scorning,  Nothing shall come amiss,   And we won't go home till morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is important that students bring a certain rafamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58010]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is important that students bring a certain rafamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50625]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The philosophy called individualism is a philosophy of social cooperation and the progressive intensification of the social nexus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56783]]></link><description><![CDATA[The philosophy called individualism is a philosophy of social cooperation and the progressive intensification of the social nexus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee?  Fed with nourishment divine,   The dewy morning's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee?  Fed with nourishment divine,   The dewy morning's gentle wine!    Nature waits upon thee still,     And thy verdant cup does fill;      'Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread,       Nature's self's thy Ganymede.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HEAP is a great program, providing much needed assistance to thousands of New Yorkers every year. Our fear is that, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40901]]></link><description><![CDATA[HEAP is a great program, providing much needed assistance to thousands of New Yorkers every year. Our fear is that, even with the new funds, the program will run out of money this spring and thousands of New Yorkers will find themselves in need of assistance to keep their power on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit,  While still too wide or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22829]]></link><description><![CDATA[But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit,  While still too wide or short in human wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No animal ever invented anything so bad as drunkeness - or so good as drink. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13013]]></link><description><![CDATA[No animal ever invented anything so bad as drunkeness - or so good as drink.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prospering just doesn't have to do with money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prospering just doesn't have to do with money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want the assurance from the government that my community will be safeguarded and they will be safe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29078]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want the assurance from the government that my community will be safeguarded and they will be safe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With this rescue in West Virginia , I feel even more helpless because I'm here, and not doing much other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30208]]></link><description><![CDATA[With this rescue in West Virginia , I feel even more helpless because I'm here, and not doing much other than praying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you got in a scene with Don, it was like stepping up onto a surfboard, and you just flew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33733]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you got in a scene with Don, it was like stepping up onto a surfboard, and you just flew through those waves. It was exhilarating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot flea a stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50129]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot flea a stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  If our faith is not relevant to our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  If our faith is not relevant to our daily life in the world and in the parish, then it is no use; and if we cannot be Christians in our work, in the neighborhood, in our political decisions, then we had better stop being Christians. A piety reserved for Sundays is no message for this age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1094]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By any measure, 2000 was a great year for Blockbuster, ... Building on the strength of 2000, we remain confident ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38633]]></link><description><![CDATA[By any measure, 2000 was a great year for Blockbuster, ... Building on the strength of 2000, we remain confident that we can continue generating solid cash earnings growth in 2001 and beyond, led by continued success in our retail store business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't need a great low-post player to be a top team. But it helps quite a bit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36116]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't need a great low-post player to be a top team. But it helps quite a bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Death the Doctor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49092]]></link><description><![CDATA[After Death the Doctor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to bring it out into the open because it's still a dirty little secret in many households. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31484]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to bring it out into the open because it's still a dirty little secret in many households.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well 'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19085]]></link><description><![CDATA[To appreciate heaven well 'Tis good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Expos have always been a perfect fit for him. In Montreal he can walk down a street or take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Expos have always been a perfect fit for him. In Montreal he can walk down a street or take a subway and no one will bother him, and he likes that. But who knows about next year? Everyone is too focused on what's going on with the rest of this season to think about what's going to happen after it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never befriend the oppressed unless you are prepared to take on the oppressor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a jest, and all things show it, I thought so once, and now I know it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10026]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10026</guid></item></channel></rss>