<?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[Pictures must not be too picturesque. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pictures must not be too picturesque.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It also puts everyone on elevated alert ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that we have emergencies we might have to deal with, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36575]]></link><description><![CDATA[It also puts everyone on elevated alert ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that we have emergencies we might have to deal with, and the governor expects you're going to be ready to address those.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our greatest good, and what we least can spare, Is hope: the last of all our evils, fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our greatest good, and what we least can spare, Is hope: the last of all our evils, fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men forget everything; women remember everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men forget everything; women remember everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truly noble mind has no resentments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48944]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truly noble mind has no resentments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This issue has caused so much negative publicity. No matter which way the vote comes out, we are anxious to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37766]]></link><description><![CDATA[This issue has caused so much negative publicity. No matter which way the vote comes out, we are anxious to move forward with our image campaign.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn from your dreams what you lack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn from your dreams what you lack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,  As, darkly painted on the crimson ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,  As, darkly painted on the crimson sky,   Thy figure floats along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25864]]></link><description><![CDATA[The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17146]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My heart is feminine, nor can forget-- To all, except one image, madly blind;  So shakes the needle, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20853]]></link><description><![CDATA[My heart is feminine, nor can forget-- To all, except one image, madly blind;  So shakes the needle, and so stands the pole,   As vibrates my fond heart to my fix'd soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15298]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always been a dream of mine to be involved in the America's Cup. I remember when I was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29995]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always been a dream of mine to be involved in the America's Cup. I remember when I was a kid sailing Optimists down in Cornwall and there was a British America's Cup challenge that was training in Falmouth,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, I stole my little brother's toys and strapped them to the hood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, I stole my little brother's toys and strapped them to the hood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are pleased to be able to provide Boiling Springs Savings Bank with a first-class Identity and Trust Assurance solution ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42366]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are pleased to be able to provide Boiling Springs Savings Bank with a first-class Identity and Trust Assurance solution for its online customer base. Our Content Verification Certificate solution will allow Boiling Springs to maintain confidence and trust among its consumers thus increasing online transactional volume as well as build awareness that it is truly a leader in customer-care and security.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate artists who are not of their time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36186]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate artists who are not of their time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18610]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hollywood is more forgiving than the church. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hollywood is more forgiving than the church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We use the outdoor elements to attract the boys to scouting, and when they attend weekly meetings and do community ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39659]]></link><description><![CDATA[We use the outdoor elements to attract the boys to scouting, and when they attend weekly meetings and do community service projects, they don't realize they're learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to be thrilled not only by the guarantee of the Good but also by the shudder of the Bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16294]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't see that I'm going to be a much different person? I signed the contract. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41633]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't see that I'm going to be a much different person? I signed the contract.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66583]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream. - The Man in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children love to be alone because alone is where they know themselves, and where they dream. - The Man in the Water, 1994.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61855]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delphi is telling the bankruptcy court that if nothing changes in terms of their union agreement, they won?t have money ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delphi is telling the bankruptcy court that if nothing changes in terms of their union agreement, they won?t have money to pay their light bill by the end of 2007. So there?s definitely going to be a need for changes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jane borrow'd maxims from a doubting school, And took for truth the test of ridicule;  Lucy saw no such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jane borrow'd maxims from a doubting school, And took for truth the test of ridicule;  Lucy saw no such virtue in a jest,   Truth was with her of ridicule the test.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42755]]></link><description><![CDATA[The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings:  Live so, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings:  Live so, my Love, that when death shall come,   Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've learned more about the book this way than we would by just reading it. We can better understand the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29331]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've learned more about the book this way than we would by just reading it. We can better understand the book and each character by actually becoming the characters. It's made the lesson a lot more fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fir-Tree and the BrambleA fir-tree said boastingly to the Bramble, You are useful for nothing at all; while I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1590]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fir-Tree and the BrambleA fir-tree said boastingly to the Bramble, You are useful for nothing at all; while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses. The Bramble answered: 'You poor creature, if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down, you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble, not a Fir-Tree. Better poverty without care, than riches with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fish, to taste right, must swim 3 times -- in water, in butter and in wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   If Religion has raised us into a new world, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   If Religion has raised us into a new world, if it has filled us with new ends of life, if it has taken possession of our hearts, and altered the whole turn of our minds, if it has changed all our ideas of things, given us a new set of hopes and fears, and taught us to live by the realities of an invisible world -- then we may humbly hope that we are true followers of the Holy Jesus, and such as may rejoice in the Day of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was our do-everything player. She was our best defender. She guarded the best players on the teams we played ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39754]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was our do-everything player. She was our best defender. She guarded the best players on the teams we played . . . and she did an outstanding job. She was our on-the-court leader.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;  And in his needy shop a tortoise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;  And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,   An alligator stuffed, and other skins    Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves     A beggarly account of boxes,      Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds,       Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses        Were thinly scattered, to make up a show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year, the offense, we weren't able to put up that many points. This year we have weapons like Derrick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year, the offense, we weren't able to put up that many points. This year we have weapons like Derrick Williams, Justin King, Michael Robinson at quarterback. I'm anxious to see how that turns out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49053]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is known to be mortal by two things, Sleep and Lust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38302]]></link><description><![CDATA[May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34295]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19929]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension so we must do what we can with the third.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a man's house is his castle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19616]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a man's house is his castle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hours that make us happy make us wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22362]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hours that make us happy make us wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's our first road win in conference, and we knew it was really important. These last two (the Cougars beat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29741]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's our first road win in conference, and we knew it was really important. These last two (the Cougars beat TCU 89-80 in overtime Wednesday) were do or die for us as far as staying in the conference race. I'm not sure how, but we'll take it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people gathered to a political meeting, and the chief speaker spoke to them only for some quarter of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7848]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people gathered to a political meeting, and the chief speaker spoke to them only for some quarter of an hour, they would be annoyed, would feel with some resentment that he had not taken them seriously, had dealt much too cavalierly with the question of the hour, an Ulster boundary, or such like. But the things of the soul are far more momentous, and to be asked to deal with huge, unfathomable facts like the Cross in a few minutes, means that people are not really interested in these things. This is, of course, a snippety age, with a snippety press, and snippety novels. But must we preachers follow and be snippety, too?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7848</guid></item></channel></rss>