<?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[Money was hard to come by. Nobody had a nickel one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money was hard to come by. Nobody had a nickel one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52027]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life: brain, blood, and breath. Press the brain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18922]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life: brain, blood, and breath. Press the brain a little, its light goes out, followed by both the others. Stop the heart a minute, and out go all three of the wicks. Choke the air out of the lungs, and presently the fluid ceases to supply the other centres of flame, and all is soon stagnation, cold, and darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike -- I would swap the whole damn zoo for the kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike -- I would swap the whole damn zoo for the kind of young Americans I saw in Vietnam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each person designs his own life, freedom gives him the power to carry out his own designs, and power gives the freedom to interfere with the designs of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2934]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49364]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you can't make that big play, get that turnover every time. We've got to do some basic things, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30521]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you can't make that big play, get that turnover every time. We've got to do some basic things, some good, overall football things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.  [Ger., Entzwei' und gebiete! Tuchtig Wort,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Divide and command, a wise maxim; Unite and guide, a better.  [Ger., Entzwei' und gebiete! Tuchtig Wort,   Verein' und leite! Bess'rer Hort.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32686]]></link><description><![CDATA[But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't beat somebody with nobody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36855]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't beat somebody with nobody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16374]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important office ... that of private citizen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important office ... that of private citizen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of education is respecting the pupil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13480]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of education is respecting the pupil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53046]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will play the swan, And die in music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58461]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will play the swan, And die in music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5936]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the latter end of a fray and the beginning of a feast Fits a dull fighter and a keen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55894]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the latter end of a fray and the beginning of a feast Fits a dull fighter and a keen guest. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are used to a cagewill weep for a cage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are used to a cagewill weep for a cage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Research shows that you begin learning in the womb and go right on learning until the moment you pass on. Your brain has a capacity for learning that is virtually limitless, which makes every human a potential genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sovereignty is not given, it is taken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9008]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the frontline people do count, you couldn't prove it by examining the reward systems in most organizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39516]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the frontline people do count, you couldn't prove it by examining the reward systems in most organizations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Respectable men and women content with good and easy living are missing someof the most important things in life. Unless ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Respectable men and women content with good and easy living are missing someof the most important things in life. Unless you give ;yourself to some great cause you haven't even begun to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11407]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one freedom, to put oneself right with death. After that everything is possible. I cannot force you to believe in God. Believing in God amounts to coming to terms with death. When you have accepted death, the problem of God will be solved--and not the reverse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,  When nearer seen, and better known,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,  When nearer seen, and better known,   Are but gigantic flights of stairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66361]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just want to put some positive stuff out there. If it works, great. If it doesn't, no problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together  With a stein on the table and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19861]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together  With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether or not you write well, write bravely ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether or not you write well, write bravely]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44863]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25952]]></link><description><![CDATA[There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes that's easier to do. They get excited about it - it's a novelty. The ones you swim over and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes that's easier to do. They get excited about it - it's a novelty. The ones you swim over and over again you don't always want to do that in back-to-back duals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64464]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66693]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a dog I got, his favorite bone is in my arm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful Father, by Whose providence my life has been prolonged, and Who has granted me now to begin another year of probation, vouchsafe me such assistance of Thy Holy Spirit, that the continuance of my life may not add to the measure of my guilt, but that I may so repent of the days and years passed in neglect of the duties which Thou hast set before me, in vain thoughts, in sloth, and in folly, that I may apply my heart to true wisdom, by diligence redeem the time lost, and by repentance, obtain pardon, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3127]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dousing wandThe lightning rodConductor's batonWill's aligned spineThey find the water,invoke the lightningattract the musicand summon angels' aid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57962]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dousing wandThe lightning rodConductor's batonWill's aligned spineThey find the water,invoke the lightningattract the musicand summon angels' aid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26253]]></link><description><![CDATA[But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God of earth and altar,  Bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter,  Our people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7854]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God of earth and altar,  Bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter,  Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us,  The swords of scorn divide; Take not Thy thunder from us,  But take away our pride. From all that terror teaches,  From lies of tongue and pen; From all the easy speeches  That comfort cruel men; From sale and profanation  Of honor and the sword; From sleep and from damnation,  Deliver us, good Lord! Tie in a living tether  The prince and priest and thrall; Bind all our lives together,  Smite us and save us all; In ire and exultation  Aflame with faith, and free, Lift up a living nation,  A single sword to Thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems the storm is not going to be as strong as we feared and that was enough to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38864]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems the storm is not going to be as strong as we feared and that was enough to take some of the selling pressure off stocks today. We are not likely to see real stock-buying this afternoon as most investors still want to see what happens with the storm during the weekend, but if damage is minimal, we might be bound for a rally on Monday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53280]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What really affects us is the guys in front of us. When you have people on base it causes problems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35252]]></link><description><![CDATA[What really affects us is the guys in front of us. When you have people on base it causes problems for them when we come up. If nobody is on base, they can be a little more fine with their pitches and not have to worry about leaving anything out over the plate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35252</guid></item></channel></rss>