<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not destroy an idea by killing people; you replace it with a better one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27793]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not destroy an idea by killing people; you replace it with a better one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens--and then everybody disagrees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens--and then everybody disagrees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63178]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, For gentle ways are best, and keep aloof  From sharp ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9965]]></link><description><![CDATA[But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, For gentle ways are best, and keep aloof  From sharp contentions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident. [Ger., Nichts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident. [Ger., Nichts unter der Sonne ist Zufall--am wenigsten das wovon die Absicht so klar in die Augen leuchtet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10633]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm always coming out, checking scores, sneaking out of the kitchen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35922]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm always coming out, checking scores, sneaking out of the kitchen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52194]]></link><description><![CDATA[We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist - the taxidermist leaves the hide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5097]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist - the taxidermist leaves the hide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You won't find candy bars in vending machines in our schools anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40764]]></link><description><![CDATA[You won't find candy bars in vending machines in our schools anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who earlyin life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22383]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who earlyin life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habituallydirects his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observationstrengthened by fixity of purpose. Every man who observes vigilantly andresolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All kinds of cooperation with Israel should be stopped and the boycott should be reactivated, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29892]]></link><description><![CDATA[All kinds of cooperation with Israel should be stopped and the boycott should be reactivated,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is another name for opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45048]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is another name for opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming off last game (an 81-70 loss Thursday night to San Diego State), we didn't really throw it inside as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coming off last game (an 81-70 loss Thursday night to San Diego State), we didn't really throw it inside as much as we usually do. We wanted to make it a point to go inside out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that I know I learned from AP Swoboda. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that I know I learned from AP Swoboda.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27042]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43917]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45375]]></link><description><![CDATA[When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65695]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost two, really three (days) because Wednesday was a wash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38021]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost two, really three (days) because Wednesday was a wash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill-natured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52010]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill-natured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold him in conceited circles sail, Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,  In all his pomp of pageantry, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold him in conceited circles sail, Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,  In all his pomp of pageantry, as if   He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43830]]></link><description><![CDATA[No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain would I seek to discover Why sad and mournful am I,  My thoughts without ceasing brood over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57917]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain would I seek to discover Why sad and mournful am I,  My thoughts without ceasing brood over   A tale of the time gone by.    [Ger., Ich weiss nicht was soll es bedeuten,     Dass ich so traurig bin:      Ein marchen aus alten Zeiten       Das kommt mir nicht aus dem Sinn.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman   War is too serious a matter to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61166]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is cruel and you cannot refine it. •William T. Sherman   War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43866]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness. [Lat., Sociis atque amicis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23759]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness. [Lat., Sociis atque amicis auxilia portabant Romani, magisque dandis quam accipiundis beneficiis amicitias parabant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like a major sporting event you're competing in. You're prepared and you know you're the best you can be, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38468]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like a major sporting event you're competing in. You're prepared and you know you're the best you can be, but you never know until it's all played out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49825]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is this the sound and rumor? What is this that all men hear, Like the wind in hollow valleys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54551]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is this the sound and rumor? What is this that all men hear, Like the wind in hollow valleys when the storm is drawing near, Like the rolling of the ocean in the eventide of fear? 'Tis the people marching on]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be bastards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be bastards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14145]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19382]]></link><description><![CDATA[[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I voted to recall. The things she's done can't be justified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42670]]></link><description><![CDATA[I voted to recall. The things she's done can't be justified.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O dearest soul, your cause doth strike my heart With pity that doth make me sick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5354]]></link><description><![CDATA[O dearest soul, your cause doth strike my heart With pity that doth make me sick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12935</guid></item></channel></rss>