<?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[He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn. [Lat., Coelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43045]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn. [Lat., Coelo tegitur qui non habet urnam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of places call for money, but I wanted to do more, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31212]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of places call for money, but I wanted to do more,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for apillow-I have still joy in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22742]]></link><description><![CDATA[With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for apillow-I have still joy in the midst of all these things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath die end.  I was angry with my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2533]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath die end.  I was angry with my foe;   I told it not, my wrath did grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have discussed the elements of this proposal and our common position on this matter is that we have made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have discussed the elements of this proposal and our common position on this matter is that we have made progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may not understand how the spirit works; but the effect of the spirit on the lives of men is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7466]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may not understand how the spirit works; but the effect of the spirit on the lives of men is there for all to see; and the only unanswerable argument for Christianity is a Christian life. No man can disregard a religion and a faith and a power which is able to make bad men good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to put a stop to this sort of thing and introduce some honesty to reporting.Thus, if a legend told of a notable hero that all men spoke of his prowess any bard who valued his life would hastily add except for a couple of people in his home village who thought he was a loony, and quite a lot of other people who had never really heard of him. Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like: His mighty steed was fast as the wind, on a fairly calm day, say about Force Three, any loose talk about a beloved having a face that could launch a thousand ships would have to be backed by evidence that the object of desire did indeed own a very large seaport. Patrician Olaf II was eventually killed during an experiment conducted in the palace grounds to prove the disputed accuracy of the proverb The Pen is mightier than the Sword.In his memory it was decided that the proverb would from now on include the phrase: only if the Sword is very small and the Pen very sharp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy is that when a precision bomb hits a gas station surrounded by cottages, you discover that you can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy is that when a precision bomb hits a gas station surrounded by cottages, you discover that you can't fight a humanitarian war in a humane way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light  Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25064]]></link><description><![CDATA[There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light  Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're specifically looking for biking in Hawaii, we're easy to find. We're on the first page. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38492]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're specifically looking for biking in Hawaii, we're easy to find. We're on the first page.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think a lot will change right away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34732]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think a lot will change right away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the light bulb is beginning to flicker, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29381]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the light bulb is beginning to flicker,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only 20 seconds of war to destroy him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For brevity is very good, Where we are, or are not understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57344]]></link><description><![CDATA[For brevity is very good, Where we are, or are not understood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we had no reason to go up there to start with there was no weapons of mass destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we had no reason to go up there to start with there was no weapons of mass destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond the next six months is when I think it will be hairy. That's when we start instituting group policy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beyond the next six months is when I think it will be hairy. That's when we start instituting group policy. For instance, some school districts may not have the bandwidth to handle group policy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the second half, La Conner tightened their defense. They packed defenders into the box ... the ball kept deflecting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30558]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the second half, La Conner tightened their defense. They packed defenders into the box ... the ball kept deflecting off people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is often attended with danger. [Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is often attended with danger. [Lat., Pericula veritati saepe contigua.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you love me because I'm beautiful or am I beautiful because you love me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you love me because I'm beautiful or am I beautiful because you love me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Considering [this market] is in an era of strong secular trends in basic materials, our firm foresees a period where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Considering [this market] is in an era of strong secular trends in basic materials, our firm foresees a period where resource rich regions of the world like Canada will need to be monitored for ideas. Trade-Ideas meets this need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sharp employ the sharp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22203]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sharp employ the sharp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10416]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be our own before we can be another's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26298]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be our own before we can be another's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46916]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read anything]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25731]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13989]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you're caught in the mousetrap, why not eat the cheese? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you're caught in the mousetrap, why not eat the cheese?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65400</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[All day in the green sunny orchard When May was a marvel of bloom,  I followed the busy bee-lovers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2939]]></link><description><![CDATA[All day in the green sunny orchard When May was a marvel of bloom,  I followed the busy bee-lovers   Down path that were sweet with perfume.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue. [Lat., Quod sequitur, fugio; quod fugit, usque sequor.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48374]]></link><description><![CDATA[What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue. [Lat., Quod sequitur, fugio; quod fugit, usque sequor.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, he is all mirth. -Much Ado about Nothing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55432]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, he is all mirth. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49355]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avarice is the vice of declining years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avarice is the vice of declining years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - It's made for the losers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - It's made for the losers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn,  Some moment when the moon was blood  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16064]]></link><description><![CDATA[When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn,  Some moment when the moon was blood   Then surely I was born.    With monstrous head and sickening cry     And ears like errant wings,      The devil's walking parody       On all four-footed things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughsto forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughsto forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46928]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13163]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23988]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we have to keep the proper perspective on high school sports. Sometimes, sports can seem like a runaway ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we have to keep the proper perspective on high school sports. Sometimes, sports can seem like a runaway train, so we have to remind our student-athletes that education comes first, and that you have to be a good sport to play and a good citizen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29855]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59285]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can picture guys sitting out in their yard, working in their yard, bending over to plant some trees or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37318]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can picture guys sitting out in their yard, working in their yard, bending over to plant some trees or something, and half their crack shows, ... I mean, that's kind of one of the things that drew me into the song. The song talks about things that I grew up experiencing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the opium of the masses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64446</guid></item></channel></rss>