<?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[Quite a number of observers have commented on my coolness during various riotous concerts which I performed at during those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite a number of observers have commented on my coolness during various riotous concerts which I performed at during those first tumultuous years of the armistice between World War I and World War II. The reason is very simple: I was armed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46665]]></link><description><![CDATA[In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can I tell what I think till I see what I say? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24066]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus this brook hath conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus this brook hath conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean. And thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61977]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They always say, 'Smile!' and sometimes that just ticks me off. I'm not a smiley guy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39979]]></link><description><![CDATA[They always say, 'Smile!' and sometimes that just ticks me off. I'm not a smiley guy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part,  I ask not proud Philosophy   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part,  I ask not proud Philosophy   To teach me what thou art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a lot of seniors that have been playing together for four years. We expect the best out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30770]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a lot of seniors that have been playing together for four years. We expect the best out of each other and we play well together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No possession is gratifying without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9121]]></link><description><![CDATA[No possession is gratifying without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Associate with people in such a manner, that they weep for you when you die and long for you if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Associate with people in such a manner, that they weep for you when you die and long for you if you are alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/563]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10665]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,  Facti crimen habet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young fellows will be young fellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young fellows will be young fellows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10483]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2850]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10569]]></link><description><![CDATA[First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're beefing up our rehab services for the coming years, including cardiac rehab. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32885]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're beefing up our rehab services for the coming years, including cardiac rehab.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger seek it prey,-- Something to tear with sharp-edged tooth and claw,  Like not to go off hungry, leaving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger seek it prey,-- Something to tear with sharp-edged tooth and claw,  Like not to go off hungry, leaving Love   To feast on milk and honeycomb at will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and they'll thrive--only the rat does as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can say that you dont care what anyone thinks about you, but in the end, its all that really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2288]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can say that you dont care what anyone thinks about you, but in the end, its all that really matters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time is past when Christians in America can take a long spoon and hand the gospel to the black man out the back door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43683]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46254]]></link><description><![CDATA[A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeff Stallings was one of the top pitchers in the conference. We lost him towards the end of last year ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jeff Stallings was one of the top pitchers in the conference. We lost him towards the end of last year and that really hurt us. Joey Devine was one of the top pitchers ever in this conference, which he proved by what he did after he left here, making the big leagues in two months. Phil Davidson who was so versatile and played so many roles for us. He started, he came in in the sixth inning, came in the third, spot-started. He even closed some games. Phil was amazing for us. When a guy can do that many things for you, you're not just missing one pitcher; it's like you're missing three.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lustre of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lustre of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63253]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us, when all is said and done, like what we like and make up reasons for it afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us, when all is said and done, like what we like and make up reasons for it afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why and Wherefore set out one day, To hunt for a wild Negation.  They agreed to meet at a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why and Wherefore set out one day, To hunt for a wild Negation.  They agreed to meet at a cool retreat   On the Point of Interrogation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14754]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started... and know the place for the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65151]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65586]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How empty is theory in the presence of fact ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59105]]></link><description><![CDATA[How empty is theory in the presence of fact]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's quite a remarkable accomplishment considering that fuel price increases are estimated to cost the company an additional $170 million, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42716]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's quite a remarkable accomplishment considering that fuel price increases are estimated to cost the company an additional $170 million, or $0.20 a share, in 2005,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14542]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Batting for Vivian Richards is a matter of strokes, more strokes, and even more strokes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Batting for Vivian Richards is a matter of strokes, more strokes, and even more strokes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they him spy, As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,  Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17200]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they him spy, As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,  Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,   Rising and cawing at the gun's report,    Sever themselves and madly sweep the sky;     So at his sight away his fellows fly,      And at our stamp here o'er and o'er one falls;       He murder cries and help from Athens calls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It fits us therefore ripely Our chariots and our horsemen be in readiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25409]]></link><description><![CDATA[It fits us therefore ripely Our chariots and our horsemen be in readiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes. [Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes. [Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9097]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then is he really so. [Ger., Wenn jemand bescheiden bleibt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42912]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then is he really so. [Ger., Wenn jemand bescheiden bleibt, nicht beim Lobe, sondern beim Tadel, dann ist er's.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   It is a rare campus indeed where the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   It is a rare campus indeed where the Christian universe of discourse is the shared basis of allegiance and the common currency of intellectual exchange. More likely, the Christian faith is an archaic facade, a bit of Victorian fretwork on the front of the house, of which polite note is made at Commencement, but not the common premise of teaching and research and learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop the I. When that's all you have to say, it is very tedious and self-promoting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stop the I. When that's all you have to say, it is very tedious and self-promoting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35636</guid></item></channel></rss>