<?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[Some say that the universe is made so that when we are about to understand it it changes into something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some say that the universe is made so that when we are about to understand it it changes into something even more incomprehensible. And then there are those who say that this has already happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The alligator's popular, ... We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37958]]></link><description><![CDATA[The alligator's popular, ... We're the only Cajun booth out here, and people like Cajun food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45876]]></link><description><![CDATA[War leads to peace. [Lat., Cedant arma togae.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious. [Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57341]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which is repeated too often becomes insipid and tedious. [Fr., Tout ce qu'on dit de trop est fade et rebutant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great and good are seldom the same man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great and good are seldom the same man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53711]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them through a bad time. Let me know if you find any great poems lying around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His experiences in having led other organizations toward national awards proved to be invaluable in our own march toward the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38093]]></link><description><![CDATA[His experiences in having led other organizations toward national awards proved to be invaluable in our own march toward the Baldrige.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44167]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It requires a great deal of faith for a man to be cured by his own placebos. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26740]]></link><description><![CDATA[It requires a great deal of faith for a man to be cured by his own placebos.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Penetration seems a kind of inspiration; it gives me an idea of prophecy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Penetration seems a kind of inspiration; it gives me an idea of prophecy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest. . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25035]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest. .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing you can't recycle is wasted time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28031]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57411]]></link><description><![CDATA[All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64904]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,  But thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years,  But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,   Unhurt amidst the wars of elements,    The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55954]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save the Children', 1928  Let a clergyman but intend to please ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save the Children', 1928  Let a clergyman but intend to please God in all his actions, as the happiest and best thing in the world, and then he will know that there is nothing noble in a clergyman but a burning zeal for the salvation of souls; nor anything poorer in his profession [than] idleness and a worldly spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42074]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a child nor an amnesiac, but neither is it a country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery was formerly a vice; it has now become the fashion. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[About the Oscars] Is the ultimate prize for any producer. It would have been a dream if Javier Bardem had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28768]]></link><description><![CDATA[[About the Oscars] Is the ultimate prize for any producer. It would have been a dream if Javier Bardem had been nominated for best actor]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Then We Kiss ... Fantasy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34421]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Then We Kiss ... Fantasy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64792]]></link><description><![CDATA[My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William James. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5563]]></link><description><![CDATA[To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William James.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great wit to madness sure is near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great wit to madness sure is near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends;  White are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends;  White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud   Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud:    Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears;     And instant death on every wave appears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a tree frog that's possibly a new species. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34646]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a tree frog that's possibly a new species.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The NRSC has never heard of them and we're not affiliated with their fund-raising efforts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32422]]></link><description><![CDATA[The NRSC has never heard of them and we're not affiliated with their fund-raising efforts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot hide an eele in a sacke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50130]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44239]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who feels no compassion will become insane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9183]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who feels no compassion will become insane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They killed my character off and as God would have it, just when they told me I would never work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38555]]></link><description><![CDATA[They killed my character off and as God would have it, just when they told me I would never work again, I got cast in a little program called Roots, and as they would say, the rest is history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Risk to civilian life has been undermined and ignored by both parties in the name of military necessity. They have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Risk to civilian life has been undermined and ignored by both parties in the name of military necessity. They have to be watchful of the potential harm their negligence can do to the civilians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign,  And unknown regions date descry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign,  And unknown regions date descry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25517]]></link><description><![CDATA[LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66268]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As proud as Lucifer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48187]]></link><description><![CDATA[As proud as Lucifer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, without adding any more to what has already been said; for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57912]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, without adding any more to what has already been said; for it would be foolish to lengthen the preface while cutting short the history itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was real rebellious the first half of the season. He didn't want to listen to us. He had his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39062]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was real rebellious the first half of the season. He didn't want to listen to us. He had his own game plan. Then we'd get back and break down videos and ask him, 'Is this you, or is this somebody else?' He really matured in January. I think he finally got tired of us beating on him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have anything against anyone personally. But I think it's important to keep that definition straightforward, and not muddle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35555]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have anything against anyone personally. But I think it's important to keep that definition straightforward, and not muddle it up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57096]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would like to be a positive force for young girls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66294]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would like to be a positive force for young girls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66294</guid></item></channel></rss>