<?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[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  ... for one good never clashes with another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  ... for one good never clashes with another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electric telegraphs, printing, gas, Tobacco, balloons, and steam,  Are little events that have come to pass   Since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Electric telegraphs, printing, gas, Tobacco, balloons, and steam,  Are little events that have come to pass   Since the days of the old regime.    And, spite of Lempriere's dazzling page,     I'd give--though it might seem bold--      A hundred years of the Golden Age       For a year of the Age of Gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Really, they should go back to school and learn something new and use it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Really, they should go back to school and learn something new and use it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been talking for a while about bringing this type of content to Newport for a while and finally we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42557]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been talking for a while about bringing this type of content to Newport for a while and finally we decided to go ahead and do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotion know what it means to want to escape from these]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9264]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dispense with ceremony is the most delicate mode of conferring a compliment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a kicker, you don't want to think, ... You can over-analyze any situation. The more I clear my mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39723]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a kicker, you don't want to think, ... You can over-analyze any situation. The more I clear my mind when I go out on the field, the better I do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, it helped prepare us that every game we played counted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, it helped prepare us that every game we played counted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theory must be tempered with reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53063]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theory must be tempered with reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no assurance that half-truth will make us free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52068]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no assurance that half-truth will make us free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to put out a unified message that downtown is working. We need to move forward with a positive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37768]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to put out a unified message that downtown is working. We need to move forward with a positive message.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44155]]></link><description><![CDATA[People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23887]]></link><description><![CDATA[My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her friends. . . told stories. . . with effortless art and technique. They were natural-born storytellers in the oral tradition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a Christmas tree .. the perfect giftfor a guy... the plant is already dead(monologue Dec 10 2003). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20094]]></link><description><![CDATA[a Christmas tree .. the perfect giftfor a guy... the plant is already dead(monologue Dec 10 2003).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a fresh start for him. He doesn't have to think about the playoff race or anything. Everybody starts at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32568]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a fresh start for him. He doesn't have to think about the playoff race or anything. Everybody starts at zero. It's a great opportunity for us. We're getting older and it might be our last big tournament for our country. I think he's just going to enjoy the Olympic experience and make the most of the opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is important that students bring a certain rafamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58010]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is important that students bring a certain rafamuffin, barefoot, irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now, the government must devote its energy to the rescue and recovery of the affected region and we cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now, the government must devote its energy to the rescue and recovery of the affected region and we cannot thank or pay the brave rescue workers enough for the lives they've already saved, ... But we cannot ignore how the federal government has failed to protect the health and safety of its citizens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27466]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabaeus or King David, that would not add one inch to my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36749]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabaeus or King David, that would not add one inch to my stature. It may well be that many East European Jews are descended from Khazars, I may be one of them. Who knows? And who cares?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, I know they've always told you/Selfishness was wrong/Yet it was for me, not you, I came to write this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, I know they've always told you/Selfishness was wrong/Yet it was for me, not you, I came to write this song/]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises; Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:  So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48006]]></link><description><![CDATA[When needs he must, yet faintly then he praises; Somewhat the deed, much more the means he raises:  So marreth what he makes, and praising most, dispraises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54832]]></link><description><![CDATA[How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity begins at home. [Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity begins at home. [Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kingdom of the LionTHE beasts of the field and forest had a Lion as their king. He was neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1515]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Kingdom of the LionTHE beasts of the field and forest had a Lion as their king. He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king could be. During his reign he made a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all the birds and beasts, and drew up conditions for a universal league, in which the Wolf and the Lamb, the Panther and the Kid, the Tiger and the Stag, the Dog and the Hare, should live together in perfect peace and amity. The Hare said, Oh, how I have longed to see this day, in which the weak shall take their place with impunity by the side of the strong. And after the Hare said this, he ran for his life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still take them, and each and every MSHA citation, seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38694]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still take them, and each and every MSHA citation, seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always remember this: 'A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes a misses'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always remember this: 'A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes a misses'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one's really happy anyway, it's not human. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30244]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44351]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59227]]></link><description><![CDATA[The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19051]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment. •Bible   Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat. •Gaelic Proverb   There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect. •Gilbert K. Chesterton   If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. •Arabian Proverb   The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. •Benjamin Franklin   See with your mind, hear with your heart. •Kurdish Proverb   Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. •David Hare   Were it not for hope the heart would break.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had rather be a dog and bay the moon Than such a Roman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54412]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather be a dog and bay the moon Than such a Roman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when I came, alas, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,  By swaggering could I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52939]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when I came, alas, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,  By swaggering could I never thrive,   For the rain it raineth every day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obeying an inalienable law, things grew, spreading riotous and strange in their instinct for growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obeying an inalienable law, things grew, spreading riotous and strange in their instinct for growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;  Custards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;  Custards for supper, and an endless host   Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies,    And other such ladylike luxuries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach,  And, if it can, at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/431]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach,  And, if it can, at once both please and preach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48633]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.  Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think of this award as being what we call 'The Year of the Complete Ballplayer,' ... The player that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think of this award as being what we call 'The Year of the Complete Ballplayer,' ... The player that has done the most not only for his team, but has done most to help his team win baseball games. Not only for home runs, runs batted in and batting average, but also in the clubhouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11831]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27094]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it an offence, is it a mistake, is it a crime to take a hopeful view of the prospects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it an offence, is it a mistake, is it a crime to take a hopeful view of the prospects of your own country? Why should it be? Why should patriotism and pessimism be identical? Hope is the mainspring of patriotism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have listened keenly to our customers and refined the cars to boost our competitiveness on both sides of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35185]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have listened keenly to our customers and refined the cars to boost our competitiveness on both sides of the Atlantic. We already have a winning concept, so the aim was fine-tuning rather than making major changes. More sophisticated lines and materials and a better driving experience without compromising on demands concerning safety and power trains with good environmental properties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creative activity could be described as a type of learningprocess where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creative activity could be described as a type of learningprocess where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a wonderful job for baseball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34360]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a wonderful job for baseball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that burnes most shines most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49325]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that burnes most shines most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14892</guid></item></channel></rss>