<?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[All hell shall stir for this. -King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55972]]></link><description><![CDATA[All hell shall stir for this. -King Henry V. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/948]]></link><description><![CDATA[One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18777]]></link><description><![CDATA[What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail  Unwillingly to school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail  Unwillingly to school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is the end result of all true learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is the end result of all true learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20067]]></link><description><![CDATA[My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Kerry was a thorn in our flesh. He was very articulate, a credible leader of the opposition. He forced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23292]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Kerry was a thorn in our flesh. He was very articulate, a credible leader of the opposition. He forced us to create a counterfoil. We found a vet named John O’Neill and formed a group called Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace. We had O’Neill meet the President, and we did everything we could do to boost his group]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[is an option, but not a likely option. It's cleaner to have a deal with one partner than with multiple ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35179]]></link><description><![CDATA[is an option, but not a likely option. It's cleaner to have a deal with one partner than with multiple partners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world basically and fundamentally is constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in co-operation with something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53377]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world basically and fundamentally is constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in co-operation with something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8788]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45698]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680 Commemoration of Elizabeth, Princess of Hungary, Philanthropist, 1231 Commemoration of Mechtild, Bèguine of Magdeburg, Mystic, Prophet, 1280   Where, then, does happiness lie? In forgetfulness, not indulgence, of the self. In escape from sensual appetites, not in their satisfaction We live in a dark, self-enclosed prison, which is all we see or know if our glance is fixed ever downward. To lift it upward, becoming aware of the wide, luminous universe outside -- this alone is happiness. At its highest level, such happiness is the ecstasy that mystics have inadequately described At more humdrum levels, it is human love; the delights and beauties of our dear earth, its colors and shapes and sounds; the enchantment of understanding and laughing, and all other exercise of such faculties as we possess; the marvel of the meaning of everything, fitfully glimpsed, inadequately expounded, but ever present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was as close to perfect as anyone can be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28423]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was as close to perfect as anyone can be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just wrestle under the name of 'wrestling' or pick some other creative name. Because as soon as you make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just wrestle under the name of 'wrestling' or pick some other creative name. Because as soon as you make it about the fact that it's people of short stature wrestling, that's when you're inviting the exploitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few maxims are true in every respect ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few maxims are true in every respect]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it. -ALBERT SCHWEITZER.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's essentially the entire refining capacity of Canada. That's called a severe supply shock, and that really affects the wholesale ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32982]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's essentially the entire refining capacity of Canada. That's called a severe supply shock, and that really affects the wholesale market, or the price at the refineries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3976]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48799]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We see not our own backs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48807]]></link><description><![CDATA[We see not our own backs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4804]]></link><description><![CDATA[The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the dog. [Lat., Plus on apprend a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12659]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more one comes to know men, the more one comes to admire the dog. [Lat., Plus on apprend a connaltre l'homme, plus on apprend a estimer le chien.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love night more than day--she is so lovely; But I love night the most because she brings  My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44512]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love night more than day--she is so lovely; But I love night the most because she brings  My love to me in dreams which scarcely lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so upon this wise I prayed,-- Great Spirit, give to me  A heaven not so large as yours ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19089]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so upon this wise I prayed,-- Great Spirit, give to me  A heaven not so large as yours   But large enough for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a good contrast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30681]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a good contrast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parents are not quite interested in justice, they are interested in quiet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parents are not quite interested in justice, they are interested in quiet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit  Beneath my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3547]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit  Beneath my shady roof; there thou mayest rest   And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,    And all the daughters of the year shall dance!     Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those [Anti-Cubans] who attack us [Cubans] don't represent more than a fraction of 1 percent. ... You [the foreign news ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those [Anti-Cubans] who attack us [Cubans] don't represent more than a fraction of 1 percent. ... You [the foreign news media] have helped create them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth is rocking, the skies are riven-- Jove in a passion, in god-like fashion,  Is breaking the crystal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth is rocking, the skies are riven-- Jove in a passion, in god-like fashion,  Is breaking the crystal urns of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a municipal railroad that connects to BNSF and UP. We don't know if there are many railroads that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37363]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a municipal railroad that connects to BNSF and UP. We don't know if there are many railroads that provide this access.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king of France with twenty thousand men Went up the hill, and then came down again:  The king ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57125]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king of France with twenty thousand men Went up the hill, and then came down again:  The king of Spain with twenty thousand more   Climbed the same hill the French had climbed before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63371]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will know that forgiveness has begun when you recall those who hurt you and feel the power to wish them well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We slowed down the offense and concentrated on defense for a while. This will either tire out the team on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31204]]></link><description><![CDATA[We slowed down the offense and concentrated on defense for a while. This will either tire out the team on offense, or defense. Unfortunately, it wore us down a bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[broad-based, with nearly every consumer and commercial business line achieving double-digit profit growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36614]]></link><description><![CDATA[broad-based, with nearly every consumer and commercial business line achieving double-digit profit growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63506]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54000]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was ugly. That may be one of the worst games Danville High School has played in a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36301]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was ugly. That may be one of the worst games Danville High School has played in a long time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste not fresh tears over old griefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64696]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements which they contain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements which they contain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27710]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invite the rook who high amid the boughs, In early spring, his airy city builds,  And ceaseless caws amusive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Invite the rook who high amid the boughs, In early spring, his airy city builds,  And ceaseless caws amusive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4180]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4180</guid></item></channel></rss>