<?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[I don't even really remember what happened. I just put my elbow back and I guess I hit him. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37595]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't even really remember what happened. I just put my elbow back and I guess I hit him. It wasn't intentional. I was just playing hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18371]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm  Of his own country;--seldom since that day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away; A single laugh demolished the right arm  Of his own country;--seldom since that day   Has Spain had heroes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being wrong should not be associated with failure. It should instead be celebrated, for it brings someone to a new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being wrong should not be associated with failure. It should instead be celebrated, for it brings someone to a new level of understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9539]]></link><description><![CDATA[...there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. But the difference is that once you've made the intuitive leap you have to justify it by filling in the intermediate steps. In my case, it often happens that I have an idea, but then I try to fill in the intermediate steps and find that they don't work, so I have to give it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenacity is a certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenacity is a certain quality of the human hand in its relation to the coin of the realm. It attains its highest development in the hand of authority and is considered a serviceable equipment for a career in politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time undermines us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time undermines us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the most exciting match of the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42149]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the most exciting match of the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4644]]></link><description><![CDATA[If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60335]]></link><description><![CDATA[A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharing is loving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharing is loving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vulgar follow Fortune's glances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50780]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we continue to see a court monitor as unnecessary and counter productive, we are open to finding ways to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37028]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we continue to see a court monitor as unnecessary and counter productive, we are open to finding ways to work together to better address issues of concern to the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not going to bypass them because of a small inconvenience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32925]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not going to bypass them because of a small inconvenience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1363]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a budding morrow in midnight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59454]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a budding morrow in midnight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24264]]></link><description><![CDATA[A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense, Sex to the last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16502]]></link><description><![CDATA[She hugged the offender, and forgave the offense, Sex to the last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would like to think I have a great deal of expertise, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31098]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would like to think I have a great deal of expertise,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I think I'd be better off dead. No, wait, not me, you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I think I'd be better off dead. No, wait, not me, you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/948]]></link><description><![CDATA[One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62333]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills. [Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cunning livery of hell. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55390]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cunning livery of hell. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All, as they say, that glitters is not gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2818]]></link><description><![CDATA[All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glorious are the woods in their latest gold and crimson, Yet our full-leaved willows are in the freshest green.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glorious are the woods in their latest gold and crimson, Yet our full-leaved willows are in the freshest green.  Such a kindly autumn, so mercifully dealing   With the growths of summer, I never yet have seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a special guy. He wanted to be a Buccaneer and we wanted him to be a Buccaneer. And in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30754]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a special guy. He wanted to be a Buccaneer and we wanted him to be a Buccaneer. And in just a few days of conversation we were able to reach an agreement that we think will ensure his future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honour sinks where commerce long prevails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If woolly fleeces spread the heavenly way No rain, be sure, disturbs the summer's day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8915]]></link><description><![CDATA[If woolly fleeces spread the heavenly way No rain, be sure, disturbs the summer's day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd: Nor to rebuke the rich offender fear'd.  His preaching much, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48083]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd: Nor to rebuke the rich offender fear'd.  His preaching much, but more his practice wrought;   (A living sermon of the truths he taught:)    For this by rules severe his life he squar'd:     That all might see the doctrines which they heard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. -A Midsummer Night's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53162]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64788]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   We distrust the providence of God when, after we have used ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   We distrust the providence of God when, after we have used all our best endeavors and begged His blessing upon them, we torment ourselves about the wise issue and event of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet to move at summer's eve By Clyde's meandering stream,  When Sol in joy is seen to leave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54328]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet to move at summer's eve By Clyde's meandering stream,  When Sol in joy is seen to leave   The earth with crimson beam;    When islands that wandered far     Above his sea couch lie,      And here and there some gem-like star       Re-opes its sparkling eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The light of other days is faded, And all their glories past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45664]]></link><description><![CDATA[The light of other days is faded, And all their glories past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64728]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As large as life, and twice as natural. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2810]]></link><description><![CDATA[As large as life, and twice as natural.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby andsay, "How can we screw this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby andsay, "How can we screw this kid up.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good idea to "shop around" before you settle on a doctor. Ask about the condition of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9197]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good idea to "shop around" before you settle on a doctor. Ask about the condition of his Mercedes. Ask about the competence of his mechanic. Don't be shy! After all, you're paying for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How use doth breed a habit in a man! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,  I better brook than flourishing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18534]]></link><description><![CDATA[How use doth breed a habit in a man! This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,  I better brook than flourishing peopled towns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4755]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Residents of low-lying areas, mobile homes and tents should reach higher ground now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Residents of low-lying areas, mobile homes and tents should reach higher ground now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37055]]></link><description><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it is currently doing. NATO is continuing to do what it has been doing for many months, and that is airlifting in and out African Union battalions ... as well as providing training.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2532]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told the coaches there that I don't think I've ever been involved in all my years of coaching in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35993]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told the coaches there that I don't think I've ever been involved in all my years of coaching in a blowout that big in either boys or girls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/891]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/891</guid></item></channel></rss>