<?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[Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is that descriptive writing is very rarely entirely accurate and during the reign of Olaf Quimby II as Patrician of Ankh-Morpork some legislation was passed in a determined attempt to put a stop to this sort of thing and introduce some honesty to reporting.Thus, if a legend told of a notable hero that all men spoke of his prowess any bard who valued his life would hastily add except for a couple of people in his home village who thought he was a loony, and quite a lot of other people who had never really heard of him. Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like: His mighty steed was fast as the wind, on a fairly calm day, say about Force Three, any loose talk about a beloved having a face that could launch a thousand ships would have to be backed by evidence that the object of desire did indeed own a very large seaport. Patrician Olaf II was eventually killed during an experiment conducted in the palace grounds to prove the disputed accuracy of the proverb The Pen is mightier than the Sword.In his memory it was decided that the proverb would from now on include the phrase: only if the Sword is very small and the Pen very sharp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought she wasn't playing as hard as she has been against other premier guards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28601]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought she wasn't playing as hard as she has been against other premier guards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There shall be no more snow No weary noontide heat,  So we lift our trusting eyes   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17089]]></link><description><![CDATA[There shall be no more snow No weary noontide heat,  So we lift our trusting eyes   From the hills our Fathers trod:    To the quiet of the skies:     To the Sabbath of our God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43897]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events, by history, by description. Persons influence us, voices melt us, looks subdue us, deeds inflame us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5006]]></link><description><![CDATA[To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;  Or on wide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;  Or on wide waving wings expanded bear   The flying chariot through the fields of air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58498]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises,  . . . Epicuri de grege porcum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all played together coming up. We all know each other, and it's a real good clubhouse. I'd like to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35263]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all played together coming up. We all know each other, and it's a real good clubhouse. I'd like to think that will translate to the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He (Thomas) started to make a move on me into one, he had such a good run I actually had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30216]]></link><description><![CDATA[He (Thomas) started to make a move on me into one, he had such a good run I actually had to close the door on him and hope he wasn't going to turn me around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17662]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no accidents. God's just trying to remain anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're thrilled to have developed a game that appeals to massively multiplayer players, as well as fans of the original ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37709]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're thrilled to have developed a game that appeals to massively multiplayer players, as well as fans of the original pen-and-paper game. We also want to thank the 300 000 players that registered for the Beta. We could not have done this without their support.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57338]]></link><description><![CDATA[A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a great opportunity for us to meet the people in the community and outline the way they can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29269]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a great opportunity for us to meet the people in the community and outline the way they can benefit from our project. And we are really fortunate to have the backing of many of the local community groups.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telling me to get the bat, it was like, 'Oh my God,' ... The first thing I remember walking to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Telling me to get the bat, it was like, 'Oh my God,' ... The first thing I remember walking to the plate was, 'Man, these lights are good.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me. [Lat., Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu.  Faxit cur? Volito vivu' per ora virum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all others, is it not the arrival of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all others, is it not the arrival of a Thinker in the world?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every mile is two in winter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every mile is two in winter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke under me and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye: I feel my heart new opened. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have: And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we practiced medicine like we practice education, we'd look for the liver on the right side and left side ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26741]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we practiced medicine like we practice education, we'd look for the liver on the right side and left side in alternate years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roads are just a suggestion, like pants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roads are just a suggestion, like pants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit. [Fr., Il y a du merite sans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27388]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit. [Fr., Il y a du merite sans elevation mais il n'y a point d'elevation sans quelque merite.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65579]]></link><description><![CDATA[In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is a natural effect of trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is a natural effect of trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All team members know we have a responsibility to get help for guests who ask. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29268]]></link><description><![CDATA[All team members know we have a responsibility to get help for guests who ask.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, andmediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22717]]></link><description><![CDATA[All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, andmediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9798]]></link><description><![CDATA[So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid thenceforth, [It., Se toso grazia risolva le schiume  Di vostra conscienza, si che chiaro   Per essa scenda della mente il fiume.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/290]]></link><description><![CDATA[For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25368]]></link><description><![CDATA[You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries... - Melting Pot, The.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take care of yourself. Good health is everyone's major source of wealth. Without it, happiness is almost impossible. Martha Washington ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take care of yourself. Good health is everyone's major source of wealth. Without it, happiness is almost impossible. Martha Washington -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16649]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know why people think that somehow the First Amendment applies to network television. It doesn't. It's like the way free speech doesn't apply at work. You can't just walk into your boss' office and say 'you're a fuckface and I'm gonna go back to work now.' No, you're not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59796]]></link><description><![CDATA[But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, When we lock up our lives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61378]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, When we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have too rashly charged the troops of error and remain as trophies unto the enemies of truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15945]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of heart and nerve and fiber, does not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25943]]></link><description><![CDATA[However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of heart and nerve and fiber, does not exist, since there is no divorce from memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Away with him, away with him! He speaks Latin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Away with him, away with him! He speaks Latin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15077]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, W. B. Yeats and Others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 Commemoration of Angela de'Merici, Founder of the Institute of St. Ursula, 1540  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 Commemoration of Angela de'Merici, Founder of the Institute of St. Ursula, 1540   Visit, I beseech thee, O Lord, this habitation with thy mercy, and me with thy grace and salvation. Let thy holy angels pitch their tents round about and dwell here, that no illusion of the night may abuse me, the spirits of darkness may not come near to hurt me, no evil or sad accident oppress me; and let the eternal Spirit of the Father dwell in my soul and body, filling every corner of my heart with light and grace. Let no deed of darkness overtake me; and let thy blessing, most blessed God, be upon me for ever, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7333</guid></item></channel></rss>