<?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[I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady  A recitative from Tancredi, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady  A recitative from Tancredi,   And something from "Palpiti!"    Sing forte when first you begin it,     Piano the very next minute,      They'll cry "What expression there's in it!"       Don't sing English ballads to me!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What\'s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66718]]></link><description><![CDATA[What\'s amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they would be more motivated. It's so far away in time that they can't appreciate what it means for their whole life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are taking this weekend to sit down and rehash what needs to be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41493]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are taking this weekend to sit down and rehash what needs to be done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot flea a stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50129]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot flea a stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63680]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A shippe and a woman are ever repairing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49075]]></link><description><![CDATA[A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry. Lawrence J. Peter -Henry Beecher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry. Lawrence J. Peter -Henry Beecher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.   - George Colman ("The Younger"), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like two single gentlemen rolled into one.   - George Colman ("The Younger"),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vulcan Neck Pinch is not half as powerful as the Vulcan Groin Kick, but it's more politically correct ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59906]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Vulcan Neck Pinch is not half as powerful as the Vulcan Groin Kick, but it's more politically correct]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biggest (growth) at our hotels came from business travelers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35810]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biggest (growth) at our hotels came from business travelers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since twelve honest men have decided the cause, And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since twelve honest men have decided the cause, And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The restlessness that comes upon girls upon summer evenings results in lasting trouble unless it is speedily controlled. The right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17471]]></link><description><![CDATA[The restlessness that comes upon girls upon summer evenings results in lasting trouble unless it is speedily controlled. The right kind of man does not look for a wife on the streets, and the right kind of girl waits till the man comes to her home for her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is thehighest flight of human wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21687]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is thehighest flight of human wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried to stop smoking cigarettes by telling myself I just didn't want to smoke, but I didn't believe myself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tried to stop smoking cigarettes by telling myself I just didn't want to smoke, but I didn't believe myself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was like a kid on Christmas morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35437]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was like a kid on Christmas morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they scored first, as a coach I was rethinking what we were doing. We got a couple nice [goals] ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31293]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they scored first, as a coach I was rethinking what we were doing. We got a couple nice [goals] after that and found our offensive legs a bit more. I think the key was trying to play more forward, play a little more direct offensively.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be good and you will be lonesome ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be good and you will be lonesome]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47570]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every burden is a blessing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every burden is a blessing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While foulest fiends shun thy society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58241]]></link><description><![CDATA[While foulest fiends shun thy society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately, the fragmentation is going to make it tougher for them [broadcasters] to hold on to their share. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, the fragmentation is going to make it tougher for them [broadcasters] to hold on to their share.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diligence is a great teacher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diligence is a great teacher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not make fish one and flesh of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16066]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not make fish one and flesh of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one is witty for his owne purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one is witty for his owne purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man provokes me with impunity. [Lat., Nemo me impune lacessit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2547]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man provokes me with impunity. [Lat., Nemo me impune lacessit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows angry with itself, turns its own executioner, and revenges its misfortunes on its own head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The marquise has a disagreeable day for her journey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59630]]></link><description><![CDATA[The marquise has a disagreeable day for her journey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17857]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57199]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58601]]></link><description><![CDATA[The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world inwhich it is overestimated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world inwhich it is overestimated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very staff of my age, my very prop. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55572]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very staff of my age, my very prop. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Blur bassist Alex James: I used to punch Alex a lot. He used to say really annoying things. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32345]]></link><description><![CDATA[On Blur bassist Alex James: I used to punch Alex a lot. He used to say really annoying things. I think he liked being punched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band,  Has yet a harder task ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51082]]></link><description><![CDATA[But he who stems a stream with sand, And fetters flame with flaxen band,  Has yet a harder task to prove--   By firm resolve to conquer love!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopefully this will get over there and, you know, maybe we can find him like we did Jill Carroll. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hopefully this will get over there and, you know, maybe we can find him like we did Jill Carroll.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Ruckman Matthew Allan met Sheedy yesterday morning and the two have agreed to talk again this week. Allan, an All-Australian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33029]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Ruckman Matthew Allan met Sheedy yesterday morning and the two have agreed to talk again this week. Allan, an All-Australian and Carlton best-and-fairest winner in 1999, is believed to have told the club that he intends to retire but has been persuaded by Sheedy to reconsider.] Sheeds wanted him to stay and even James Hird spoke with him, ... They wanted him to go another year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no longer my moral duty as a human being to achieve an integrated and unitary set of explanations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27771]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no longer my moral duty as a human being to achieve an integrated and unitary set of explanations for my thoughts and feelings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rome, Rome, thou art no more As thou hast been!  On thy seven hills of yore   Thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rome, Rome, thou art no more As thou hast been!  On thy seven hills of yore   Thou sat'st a queen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a lot of cases, you can't make the assumption that mom and pops are going to be the problem, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38968]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a lot of cases, you can't make the assumption that mom and pops are going to be the problem, because the larger companies tend to have a lot of automation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38968</guid></item></channel></rss>