<?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[A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46826]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just don't know why people would want to buy new furniture today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40749]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just don't know why people would want to buy new furniture today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get wealth and power, if possible by grace, If not, by any means, get wealth and place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get wealth and power, if possible by grace, If not, by any means, get wealth and place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59790]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John has a great deal of hockey experience and success on his resume, and he will help us immensely in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33975]]></link><description><![CDATA[John has a great deal of hockey experience and success on his resume, and he will help us immensely in our evaluation of pro prospects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smoke ascends In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires  Shine and are changed. In the valley   Shadows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44526]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smoke ascends In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires  Shine and are changed. In the valley   Shadows rise. The lark sings on. The sun    Closing his benediction,     Sinks, and the darkening air      Thrills with the sense of the triumphing night,--       Night with train of stars        And her great gift of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65576]]></link><description><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo;  And now my tongue's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo;  And now my tongue's use is to me no more   Than an unstringed viol or a harp,    Or like a cunning instrument cased up     Or, being open, put into his hands      That knows no touch to tune the harmony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/637]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This animal is very malicious; when attacked it defends itself. [Fr., Cet animal est tres mechant;  Quand on l'attaque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2645]]></link><description><![CDATA[This animal is very malicious; when attacked it defends itself. [Fr., Cet animal est tres mechant;  Quand on l'attaque il se defend.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a Lenten series on prayer:  If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a Lenten series on prayer:  If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How quickly nature falls into revolt When gold becomes her object!  For this the foolish overcareful fathers   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17784]]></link><description><![CDATA[How quickly nature falls into revolt When gold becomes her object!  For this the foolish overcareful fathers   Have broke their sleep with thoughts, their brains with care.    Their bones with industry.     For this they have engrossed and piled up      The cankered heaps of strange-achieved gold;       For this they have been thoughtful to invest        Their sons with arts and martial exercises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very tough to deal with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30335]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very tough to deal with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61605]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your dad is running around in jeans and a T-shirt, you want to look different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35657]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your dad is running around in jeans and a T-shirt, you want to look different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this moment in time, the chances of any agreement are extremely small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28948]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this moment in time, the chances of any agreement are extremely small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm elated, just relieved it's all over, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29996]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm elated, just relieved it's all over,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus will prevail. His Church will prevail. Everything else is just passing away. Our current leadership [of the Episcopal Church ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus will prevail. His Church will prevail. Everything else is just passing away. Our current leadership [of the Episcopal Church USA] will die one day, as will you and I. It is not for us to condemn others, but to witness to them of Him who is in our lives. Even now, the enemy is at work, but Jesus will prevail. I know a God whose mercy knows no limits and whose power has no restraints.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44494]]></link><description><![CDATA[People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meek Walton's heavenly memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meek Walton's heavenly memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4766]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three 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/18677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three 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/18677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe it is extremely important for the Japanese people to strive to accurately understand this past history along with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34520]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe it is extremely important for the Japanese people to strive to accurately understand this past history along with the ensuing era.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was very, very challenging. There was never a doubt that it was important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34967]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was very, very challenging. There was never a doubt that it was important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to find out what is exactly happening. We have all heard about this then we have to see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35208]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to find out what is exactly happening. We have all heard about this then we have to see if it is confirmed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this tournament represents is a mid-season gut-check. There are 16 good teams in this tournament, any one of which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39474]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this tournament represents is a mid-season gut-check. There are 16 good teams in this tournament, any one of which can win at any time. This tournament really lets you see what you need to work on and what you're doing well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65447]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It left us with a flawed system where they try to get there first and they challenge patents even if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35456]]></link><description><![CDATA[It left us with a flawed system where they try to get there first and they challenge patents even if they feel they're not going to win. The system is broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to give men and women in the department equal opportunities to appear on stage. With 'Julius Caesar' and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35480]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to give men and women in the department equal opportunities to appear on stage. With 'Julius Caesar' and 'The Rainmaker,' those are great opportunities for men, and we selected the others for the female actors on campus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those of little faith are of little hatred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those of little faith are of little hatred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45182]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all--he's walking on them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair Greece! and relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more; though fallen great! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair Greece! and relic of departed worth! Immortal, though no more; though fallen great!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life of nothing's nothing worth, From that first nothing ere his birth,  To that last nothing under earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44681]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life of nothing's nothing worth, From that first nothing ere his birth,  To that last nothing under earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48225]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash. [Lat., Omnia sunt hominum tenui ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60019]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall with a sudden crash. [Lat., Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo:  Et subito casu, quae valuere, ruunt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the blue gentian-flower, that, in the breeze, Nods lonely, of her beauteous race the last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17358]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the blue gentian-flower, that, in the breeze, Nods lonely, of her beauteous race the last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was losing everything, but the financial loss was least significant. I was walking in circles in a psychiatric hospital ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31631]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was losing everything, but the financial loss was least significant. I was walking in circles in a psychiatric hospital in a depression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word to one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word to one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man prepared has half fought the battle. [Sp., Hombre apercebido medio combatido.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48358]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man prepared has half fought the battle. [Sp., Hombre apercebido medio combatido.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God bears with the wicked, but not forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27963]]></link><description><![CDATA[God bears with the wicked, but not forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27963</guid></item></channel></rss>