<?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[The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A home without books is a body without soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52991]]></link><description><![CDATA[A home without books is a body without soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our enemies will tell the rest with pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our enemies will tell the rest with pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5428]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45187]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other than that, there isn't much movement in the market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other than that, there isn't much movement in the market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperance is a bridle of gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temperance is a bridle of gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think that there's at least an interesting discussion to have in the industry as to whether or not there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30652]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think that there's at least an interesting discussion to have in the industry as to whether or not there is a need to have this higher operating authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37199]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The district was closed after the village informed me there were breaks in the water system and the Health Department ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The district was closed after the village informed me there were breaks in the water system and the Health Department said our buildings were unsafe for water production. But they told me (Wednesday) that village water had been tested and passed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52127]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can\'t ride you unless your back is bent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These $100,000 UPS systems aren't performing as they should, ... The total number of batteries cost probably in the range ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33826]]></link><description><![CDATA[These $100,000 UPS systems aren't performing as they should, ... The total number of batteries cost probably in the range of $7,000]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An account of some of these acts makes Henry Miller's crudest imaginations seem as chaste as a nun's diary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37094]]></link><description><![CDATA[An account of some of these acts makes Henry Miller's crudest imaginations seem as chaste as a nun's diary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27777]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lying lips are abomination to the Lord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words.  "Careful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words.  "Careful with fire," is good advice we know   "Careful with words," is ten times doubly so.    Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead;     But God Himself can't kill them when they're said.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart seldom feels what the mouth expresses. [Fr., Le coeur sent rarement ce que la bouche exprime.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart seldom feels what the mouth expresses. [Fr., Le coeur sent rarement ce que la bouche exprime.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29558]]></link><description><![CDATA[If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You can always buy her back again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivalry of scholars advances wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rivalry of scholars advances wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's Harris Ferris who made the difference. His vision is that what makes a successful ballet company is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32304]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's Harris Ferris who made the difference. His vision is that what makes a successful ballet company is the cohesion of music and dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our biggest concern is our time, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our biggest concern is our time,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our special teams have been [bad] to say the least. Our penalty kill has not been going very well [nine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our special teams have been [bad] to say the least. Our penalty kill has not been going very well [nine power-play goals allowed in four losses] and we have not been getting that big power-play goal when we need it. When we were on that [10-1-1] streak the power play was going. We need to get back to that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So you see, we offer a lot more than just sports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37546]]></link><description><![CDATA[So you see, we offer a lot more than just sports.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware the ides of March. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware the ides of March.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4054]]></link><description><![CDATA[For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh  That filters through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43436]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh  That filters through the forest, or the gush   That swells and sinks amid the branches high,--    'Tis all the music of the wind, and we     Let fancy float on the aeolian breath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64818]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31612]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He maintains great leverage and block protection. He's got a nose for the ball and just makes plays out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38582]]></link><description><![CDATA[He maintains great leverage and block protection. He's got a nose for the ball and just makes plays out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48218]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2579]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35545]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mankind love a lover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63645]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mankind love a lover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19782]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours For one lone soul another lonely soul,  Each choosing each through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours For one lone soul another lonely soul,  Each choosing each through all the weary hours,   And meeting strangely at one sudden goal,    Then blend they, like green leaves with golden flowers,     Into one beautiful and perfect whole;      And life's long night is ended, and the way       Lies open onward to eternal day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25614</guid></item></channel></rss>