<?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[In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. [Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3949]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. [Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est praeparatio diligens.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all, tomorrow is another day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59460]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all, tomorrow is another day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Piglet, the Sheep, and the GoatA young pig was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Piglet, the Sheep, and the GoatA young pig was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a Sheep. On one occasion when the shepherd laid hold of him, he grunted and squeaked and resisted violently. The Sheep and the Goat complained of his distressing cries, saying, He often handles us, and we do not cry out. To this the Pig replied, Your handling and mine are very different things. He catches you only for your wool, or your milk, but he lays hold on me for my very life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody picks on a strong man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody picks on a strong man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26303]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9494]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was definitely a good result because it was a really tough test today, where only those riders who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40098]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was definitely a good result because it was a really tough test today, where only those riders who are in shape had any chance of doing well,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57643]]></link><description><![CDATA[There goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God curse Moawiyah. If I had served God so well as I have served him, he would never have damned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55210]]></link><description><![CDATA[God curse Moawiyah. If I had served God so well as I have served him, he would never have damned me to all eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes. -Victor Frank. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6088]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes. -Victor Frank.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64861]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of studying for finals, what about just going to the Bahamas and catching some rays? Maybe you'll flunk, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of studying for finals, what about just going to the Bahamas and catching some rays? Maybe you'll flunk, but you might have flunked anyway; that's my point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40673]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought to be providing protective sanctuaries for the Kurdish rebels. That means finding some places where they can come and to which we will then be able to provide food and water and medical help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52648]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards, that the sun never sets upon their Dominions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47764]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards, that the sun never sets upon their Dominions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35524]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as tourists, (Worcester County) can't be beat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40016]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as tourists, (Worcester County) can't be beat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It certainly looks like [new claims] have peaked. You're looking at several weeks where they've come off the peak they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42248]]></link><description><![CDATA[It certainly looks like [new claims] have peaked. You're looking at several weeks where they've come off the peak they hit after Sept. 11.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Driven by the forces of love, the fragments of the world seek each other so that the world may come to being.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen! Bare long after the rest are green;  But as the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43375]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen! Bare long after the rest are green;  But as the time steals onwards, while none perceives   Slowly she clothes herself with leaves--    Hides her fruit under them, hard to find.     . . . .      But by and by, when the flowers grow few       And the fruits are dwindling and small to view--        Out she comes in her matron grace         With the purple myriads of her race;          Full of plenty from root to crown,           Showering plenty her feet adown.            While far over head hang gorgeously             Large luscious berries of sanguine dye,              For the best grows highest, always highest,               Upon the mulberry-tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52732]]></link><description><![CDATA[I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who dares, wins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who dares, wins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44122]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AWB could not inform DFAT and the UN that that debt was being paid out of these two (wheat) contracts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38435]]></link><description><![CDATA[AWB could not inform DFAT and the UN that that debt was being paid out of these two (wheat) contracts without disclosing that the actions in 1995/1996 had themselves been outside the sanctions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet April! many a thought Is wedded unto thee, as hearts are wed;  Nor shall they fail, till, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet April! many a thought Is wedded unto thee, as hearts are wed;  Nor shall they fail, till, to its autumn brought,   Life's golden fruit is shed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24693]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values of peace, freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values of peace, freedom and equality. He defended the rights of Palestinians, their freedom and independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joke's a very serious thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23225]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joke's a very serious thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom triumphs over chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom triumphs over chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50633]]></link><description><![CDATA[They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to lawyers.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy didn't have his best stuff. Certainly the Pirates hitters battled with every single pitch. Whether it was to foul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Andy didn't have his best stuff. Certainly the Pirates hitters battled with every single pitch. Whether it was to foul it off or take a ball, nothing came easy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are trying to go in a similar direction here with it. For Saturday night, the lights are coming from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32728]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are trying to go in a similar direction here with it. For Saturday night, the lights are coming from Kennebec Rental in Fairfield where Bob works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole thing about reality weddings is that it gives people the ability to peek over the fence to see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32942]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole thing about reality weddings is that it gives people the ability to peek over the fence to see how others are doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In years past, we've won one or two [district] games per year. We've known that we've had talent every year. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28210]]></link><description><![CDATA[In years past, we've won one or two [district] games per year. We've known that we've had talent every year. We've just never been able to put it together and play as a team. This year we've played as a team. Everybody's so excited about going to the playoffs. We just want to keep that hope alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has asked for me to withdraw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34460]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has asked for me to withdraw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We keep the day. With festal cheer, With books and music, surely we  Will drink to him, whate'er he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15595]]></link><description><![CDATA[We keep the day. With festal cheer, With books and music, surely we  Will drink to him, whate'er he be,   And sing the songs he loved to hear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain does anyone pretend that he will be a martyr for his religion, when he will not rule an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7336]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain does anyone pretend that he will be a martyr for his religion, when he will not rule an appetite nor restrain lust nor subdue a passion nor cross his covetousness and ambition for the sake of it, and in hope of that eternal life which God that cannot lie hath promised. He that refuses to do the less is not like to do the greater. It is very improbable that a man will die for his religion, when he cannot be persuaded to live according to it. He that cannot take up a resolution to live a saint, hath a demonstration within himself that he is never like to die a martyr.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sit, happy married lovers; Phillis trifling with a plover's Egg, while Corydon uncovers with a grace the Sally Lunn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26561]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sit, happy married lovers; Phillis trifling with a plover's Egg, while Corydon uncovers with a grace the Sally Lunn,  Or dissects the luck pheasant--that, I think, were passing pleasant   As I sit along at present, dreaming darkly of a dun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action.If there's no action, you haven't truly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21407]]></link><description><![CDATA[A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action.If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10031]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10031</guid></item></channel></rss>