<?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[Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where'er his fancy bids him roam, In ev'ry Inn he finds a home--  . . . .   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where'er his fancy bids him roam, In ev'ry Inn he finds a home--  . . . .   Will not an Inn his cares beguile,    Where on each face he sees a smile?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear ye not the hum Of mighty workings? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear ye not the hum Of mighty workings?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another. [Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another. [Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44795]]></link><description><![CDATA[The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And, because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change until we notice how our failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Upstate of South Carolina has an excellent engineering resource base that will allow us to continue growing our business ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37427]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Upstate of South Carolina has an excellent engineering resource base that will allow us to continue growing our business and meeting our customers' expectations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53902]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a door opens not to your knock, consider your reputation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What exile from his country is able to escape from himself? [Lat., Patriae quis exul se quoque fugit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25963]]></link><description><![CDATA[What exile from his country is able to escape from himself? [Lat., Patriae quis exul se quoque fugit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although one of his long-standing fantasies was to open a house of prostitution, the fantasy role he chose for himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although one of his long-standing fantasies was to open a house of prostitution, the fantasy role he chose for himself was that of cashier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atomic power will make electricity too cheap to meter ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Atomic power will make electricity too cheap to meter]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64715]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8659]]></link><description><![CDATA[People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew we could be competitive and challenge for it. Playing tough and beating them (Great Falls and Lewisville) are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38281]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew we could be competitive and challenge for it. Playing tough and beating them (Great Falls and Lewisville) are two different things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have this agreement, everybody is going to gain, including Poland. And if we don't have this agreement, everybody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41587]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have this agreement, everybody is going to gain, including Poland. And if we don't have this agreement, everybody will lose including Poland.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden? [Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden? [Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17880]]></link><description><![CDATA[And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It should come from them. It affects them. It's their baby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29297]]></link><description><![CDATA[It should come from them. It affects them. It's their baby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nice man is a man of nasty ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5800]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success breeds confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success breeds confidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is - last stage of all When we are frozen up within, and quite The phantom of ourselves To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42222]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is - last stage of all When we are frozen up within, and quite The phantom of ourselves To hear the world applaud the hollow ghost Which blamed the living man]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, andenthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, andenthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kings of modern thought are dumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kings of modern thought are dumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has always been a good shooter. After he got about halfway through his junior varsity year, we saw he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33962]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has always been a good shooter. After he got about halfway through his junior varsity year, we saw he could be a good player because he could shoot the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past orpresent are certain to miss the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past orpresent are certain to miss the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was unbelievably difficult to get it made. Studios are extremely allergic to risk. Finally, after a long courtship, Lions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33996]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was unbelievably difficult to get it made. Studios are extremely allergic to risk. Finally, after a long courtship, Lions Gate Films agreed to make the film. They liked the idea of a sports movie where spelling was the sport, something that might be compared to 'Hoosiers' or other good sports movies, but with a younger lead character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools;  Yet now and then your men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16177]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools;  Yet now and then your men of wit   Will condescend to take a bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63754]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm Sunday I bind my heart, this tide, to the Galilean's side,  To the wounds of Calvary, to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Palm Sunday I bind my heart, this tide, to the Galilean's side,  To the wounds of Calvary, to the Christ who died for me. I bind my soul this day to the brother far away  And the brother near at hand, in this town and in this land. I bind my heart in thrall to God, the Lord of all.-- To God, the poor man's friend, and the Christ whom He did send. I bind myself to peace, to make strife and envy cease.  God, knit Thou sure the cord of my thralldom to my Lord!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jelous swan, agens hire deth that syngith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58445]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jelous swan, agens hire deth that syngith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19420]]></link><description><![CDATA[More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albrecht's Law: Social innovations tend to the level of minimum tolerable well being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Albrecht's Law: Social innovations tend to the level of minimum tolerable well being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25603]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person, love is trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself, including the things you might be ashamed of, love is feeling comfortable and safe with someone, but still getting weak knees when they walk into a room and smile at you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now the herald lark Left his ground-nest, high tow'ring to descry  The morn's approach, and greet her with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24097]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now the herald lark Left his ground-nest, high tow'ring to descry  The morn's approach, and greet her with his song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He loved the twilight that surrounds The border-land of old romance;  Where glitter hauberk, helm, and lance,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54355]]></link><description><![CDATA[He loved the twilight that surrounds The border-land of old romance;  Where glitter hauberk, helm, and lance,   And banner waves, and trumpet sounds,    And ladies ride with hawk on wrist,     And mighty warriors sweep along,      Magnified by the purple mist,       The dusk of centuries and of song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was lucky with my tire choices, but this afternoon I made a couple of mistakes. I'm trying to play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31709]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was lucky with my tire choices, but this afternoon I made a couple of mistakes. I'm trying to play it safe. Second is good, but I'm sure the others will be pushing hard tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody basically gets behind Wood. You have to stay with him. The pack separated pretty early. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody basically gets behind Wood. You have to stay with him. The pack separated pretty early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59533]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon-instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher! To be deceived in your true heart's desire  Was bitterer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The angel answer'd, "Nay, said soul; go higher! To be deceived in your true heart's desire  Was bitterer than a thousand years of fire!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seriousness is the last refuge of the shallow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money begets money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money begets money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Jews would not willingly tread upon the smallest piece of paper in their way, but took it up; for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Jews would not willingly tread upon the smallest piece of paper in their way, but took it up; for possibly, they say, the name of God may be on it. Though there was a little superstition in this, yet truly there is nothing but good religion in it, if we apply it to men. Trample not on any; there may be some work of grace there, that thou knowest not of. The name of God may be written upon that soul thou treadest on; it may be a soul that Christ thought so much of, as to give His precious blood for it; therefore despise it not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way those hippies look, you can't tell the boys from the girls! Ha ha ha! I saw a girl ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19286]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way those hippies look, you can't tell the boys from the girls! Ha ha ha! I saw a girl yesterday, she was pregnant. Had her whole belly showin' and ya' know what she had painted on it? "Love Child"! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19286</guid></item></channel></rss>