<?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[Batting for Vivian Richards is a matter of strokes, more strokes, and even more strokes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Batting for Vivian Richards is a matter of strokes, more strokes, and even more strokes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the moment it is touched, the heart cannot dry up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25790]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the moment it is touched, the heart cannot dry up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lull'd by soft zephyrs thro' the broken pane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lull'd by soft zephyrs thro' the broken pane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An upright judge, a learned judge! -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55609]]></link><description><![CDATA[An upright judge, a learned judge! -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4500]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wanted to hear from everyone, no matter what they have to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33290]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wanted to hear from everyone, no matter what they have to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that there is consumer demand for energy efficient homes, these classes will give contractors the tools to meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40283]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that there is consumer demand for energy efficient homes, these classes will give contractors the tools to meet that demand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If happiness could be brought, few of us could pay the price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18709]]></link><description><![CDATA[If happiness could be brought, few of us could pay the price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology improves at a certain rate and some people say at today's pace, we will see limitations within the next ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology improves at a certain rate and some people say at today's pace, we will see limitations within the next 10 years. If we can find an alternative, improvements would continue rather than slow down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are never deceived, we deceive ourselves. [Ger., Man wird betrogen, man betrugt sich selbst.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11526]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are never deceived, we deceive ourselves. [Ger., Man wird betrogen, man betrugt sich selbst.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is the architect of his own fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is the architect of his own fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45064]]></link><description><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A road to a friend's house is never long. -Danish proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16907]]></link><description><![CDATA[A road to a friend's house is never long. -Danish proverb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37021]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's. A few gifted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14772]]></link><description><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's. A few gifted individuals manage to do both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . for righteous monarchs, Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;  To rule o'er freemen, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16664]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . for righteous monarchs, Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;  To rule o'er freemen, should themselves be free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm so ugly - My father carries around a picture of the kid who came with his wallet ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15408]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm so ugly - My father carries around a picture of the kid who came with his wallet]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21395]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our winners make you laugh ? but they also make you think, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our winners make you laugh ? but they also make you think,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambiguity in directors is a hard thing to deal with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not know how it comes about, but if you sit opposite a man every day and you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15655]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not know how it comes about, but if you sit opposite a man every day and you are engaged in fighting him, you cannot help getting a liking for him whether he deserves it or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't know who we are until we see what we can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22406]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm like an old warrior who can galvanize himself when he's threatened, but I'm pretty idle when I've got no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm like an old warrior who can galvanize himself when he's threatened, but I'm pretty idle when I've got no threats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26645]]></link><description><![CDATA[How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13045]]></link><description><![CDATA[In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62983]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an expressive frame of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport, And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,--  Crouching 'midst rosy bowers thou lurk'st ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport, And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,--  Crouching 'midst rosy bowers thou lurk'st unseen   Slumbering the festal hours away,    While Youth disports in that enchanting scene;     Till on some fated day      Thou with a tiger-spring dost leap upon thy prey,       And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daisies infinite Uplift in praise their little growing hands,  O'er every hill that under heaven expands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Daisies infinite Uplift in praise their little growing hands,  O'er every hill that under heaven expands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/452]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10746]]></link><description><![CDATA[They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53083]]></link><description><![CDATA["I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old dog barks not in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49127]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old dog barks not in vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start out with an ideal and end up with a deal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start out with an ideal and end up with a deal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59162]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We, that would be known The father of our people, in our study,  And vigilance for their safety, must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45798]]></link><description><![CDATA[We, that would be known The father of our people, in our study,  And vigilance for their safety, must not change   Their ploughshares into swords, and force them from    The secure shade of their own vines, to be     Scorched with the flames of war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you understand life----you understand life's potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you understand life----you understand life's potential.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20559]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66705]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there is no friend like a sister in calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he as studious--of his ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58038]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he as studious--of his ease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond  Higher design than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13928]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond  Higher design than to enjoy his state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13928</guid></item></channel></rss>