<?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[Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir Walter, being strangely surprised and put out of his countenance at so great a table, gives his son a damned blow over the face. His son, as rude as he was, would not strike his father, but strikes over the face the gentleman that sat next to him and said ''Box about: twill come to my father anon.'']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You kiss away her tears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50537]]></link><description><![CDATA[You kiss away her tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't plan in advance to close anything. The hope was to have all 500-plus of our restaurants across the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31671]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't plan in advance to close anything. The hope was to have all 500-plus of our restaurants across the country open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change is inevitable in a progressive country, Change is constant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is inevitable in a progressive country, Change is constant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andrew Altman full employment act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Andrew Altman full employment act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the biggest thing is that we have to replace a bunch of starters. We've lost 14 players. Up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42684]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the biggest thing is that we have to replace a bunch of starters. We've lost 14 players. Up front, we lose two who will be playing in the pros next year. We lost four really good players at linebacker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before  I turn away--it is the hour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45077]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before  I turn away--it is the hour of fate,   And they who follow me reach every state    Mortals desire, and conquer every foe     Save death, but those who doubt of hesitate,      Condemned to failure, penury and woe,       Seek me in vain and uselessly implore,        I answer not, and I return no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13282]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble is sex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28064]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble is sex.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As much grief as I take the rest of the year, plays like that, you've got to savor them and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35266]]></link><description><![CDATA[As much grief as I take the rest of the year, plays like that, you've got to savor them and enjoy them. I've helped the team win with the bat before, but it's nice to do it with the glove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will have to be resolved internally. There is a view in Iran that if you give him enough rope, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28946]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will have to be resolved internally. There is a view in Iran that if you give him enough rope, he'll hang himself. But how much rope will it take?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65888]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now making on the scaffold. [Fr., Je voudrais ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would love to see the grimace he [Marquis de Cinq-Mars] is now making on the scaffold. [Fr., Je voudrais bien voir la grimace qu'il fait a cette heure sur cet echafaud.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danielle probably finishes 98 percent of the time down there. She got in great position. Us guards just need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Danielle probably finishes 98 percent of the time down there. She got in great position. Us guards just need to feed her the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66581]]></link><description><![CDATA[A big part of leadership is just being comfortable with the fact that some decisions really are only yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such a little man could not have made so big a depression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such a little man could not have made so big a depression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43932]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, and even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38398]]></link><description><![CDATA[By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57077]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make a mountain of a mole-hill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43299]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make a mountain of a mole-hill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22906]]></link><description><![CDATA[I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands. [Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat ad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23919]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands. [Lat., Qui orat laborat, cor levat ad Deum cum manibus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At school I was pretty sociable, but I did like to come home and be on my own and make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33684]]></link><description><![CDATA[At school I was pretty sociable, but I did like to come home and be on my own and make music and write my dreams down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did the best he could. I actually have to thank him for that, because he did compete hurt. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39831]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did the best he could. I actually have to thank him for that, because he did compete hurt. He was never 100 percent for about three-quarters of the season. He had high expectations for himself and he does everything at 100 percent. He really wanted to be a state wrestling champion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48442]]></link><description><![CDATA[For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bicycles are almost as good as guitars for meeting girls]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13288]]></link><description><![CDATA[ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It came down in buckets that day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37261]]></link><description><![CDATA[It came down in buckets that day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would anticipate hopefully that Auburn has cleared these things up, and that when we review it in December that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36872]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would anticipate hopefully that Auburn has cleared these things up, and that when we review it in December that they will be cleared up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing as mysterious as something clearly seen ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8840]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing as mysterious as something clearly seen]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43633]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will not be a new target for the eradication of polio. Every country in the world could stop polio ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30810]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will not be a new target for the eradication of polio. Every country in the world could stop polio by the end of 2005 save Nigeria. Basically the world, at the start of 2006, will look at who is late, and work to make that process move faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34973]]></link><description><![CDATA[I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44181]]></link><description><![CDATA[In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, that's enough. [Lat., Ohe! jam satis est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, that's enough. [Lat., Ohe! jam satis est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845  Trials ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709 Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845  Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Betwixt the devil and the deep sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the dancing has begun now, And the dancers whirl round gaily  In the waltz's giddy mazes,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11035]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the dancing has begun now, And the dancers whirl round gaily  In the waltz's giddy mazes,   And the ground beneath them trembles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  As the devil showed great skill in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  As the devil showed great skill in tempting men to perdition., equal skill ought to be shown in saving them. The devil studied the nature of each man, seized upon the traits of his soul, adjusted himself to them and insinuated himself gradually into his victims's confidence -- suggesting splendors to the ambitious, gain to the covetous, delight to the sensuous, and a false appearance of piety to the pious -- and a winner of souls ought to act in the same cautious and skillful way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66124</guid></item></channel></rss>