<?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[There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9514]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The falcon and the dove sit there together, And th' one of them doth prune the other's feather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15055]]></link><description><![CDATA[The falcon and the dove sit there together, And th' one of them doth prune the other's feather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is in your hands, now use it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14592]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is in your hands, now use it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What to ourselves in passion we propose, The passion ending, doth the purpose lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45615]]></link><description><![CDATA[What to ourselves in passion we propose, The passion ending, doth the purpose lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, May be respected, but is never loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, May be respected, but is never loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's only as old as the woman he feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63494]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's only as old as the woman he feels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except we like it and it makes us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16118]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except we like it and it makes us think and feel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10516]]></link><description><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13648]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boxing out is the most important part of rebounding. You had to make sure your competitor is behind you and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boxing out is the most important part of rebounding. You had to make sure your competitor is behind you and then go after the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky. [Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume nicht ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care is taken that trees do not grow into the sky. [Ger., Es ist dafur gesorgt, dass die Baume nicht in den Himmel wachsen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people were really wonderful. They helped each other. We passed places where there was a forest on one side ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33699]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people were really wonderful. They helped each other. We passed places where there was a forest on one side of the road. Our route took us where there had been small homes and multi-million dollar homes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humiliating to human pride as it may be, we must recognize that the advance and even the preservation of civilization are dependent upon a maximum of opportunity for accidents to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evolution as such is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evolution as such is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that the earth revolves around the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things he has begun to do, and continues to do, is focus on Asia. The stock market ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42105]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things he has begun to do, and continues to do, is focus on Asia. The stock market is going to be stable, you are not going to be able to have high-powered growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44786]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is now incompetent. His condition has worsened to the point where we cannot proceed without him regaining his competence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39132]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is now incompetent. His condition has worsened to the point where we cannot proceed without him regaining his competence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Owner Red McCombs has a track record for dumping teams -- he owned both the NBA's Spurs and Nuggets at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30865]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Owner Red McCombs has a track record for dumping teams -- he owned both the NBA's Spurs and Nuggets at various times -- and his stadium situation just isn't going to get resolved in the Twin Cities. Even some of his fellow owners have him No. 1 on the relocation list.] I think Red might sell, ... He's been known to sell before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such words fall to often on our cold and careless ears with the triteness of long familiarity; but to Octavia ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such words fall to often on our cold and careless ears with the triteness of long familiarity; but to Octavia . . . they seemed to be written in sunbeams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity, like murder, will out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity, like murder, will out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad literature . . . is a form of treason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad literature . . . is a form of treason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. Hence the Tathagata is to be seen from no-marks as marks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50299]]></link><description><![CDATA[My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fall of dropping water wears away the stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46180]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fall of dropping water wears away the stone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the matches gave such a brilliant light that it was brighter than at noon-day: never formerly had the grandmother ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36293]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the matches gave such a brilliant light that it was brighter than at noon-day: never formerly had the grandmother been so beautiful and so tall. She took the little maiden, on her arm, and both flew in brightness and in joy so high, so very high, and then above was neither cold, nor hunger, nor anxiety--they were with God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes  Of gallery critics by a thousand arts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes  Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all That men divine and sacred call;  For what is worth, in anything, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62323]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all That men divine and sacred call;  For what is worth, in anything,   But so much money as 't will bring?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought I was a singer, but I really am not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66486]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59984]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classical music is the kind that we keep hoping will turn into a tune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classical music is the kind that we keep hoping will turn into a tune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14537]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things we're trying to persuade kids to do is not to give out personal details online, don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34701]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things we're trying to persuade kids to do is not to give out personal details online, don't advertise where they are and who they are. The person with whom they may be interacting may not be who they say they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many northerners just arriving here have not even unpacked choosing to turn around and head north by northeast back toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many northerners just arriving here have not even unpacked choosing to turn around and head north by northeast back toward Jacksonville, into Georgia, etc.,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the cooling hour, just when the rounded Red sun sinks down behind the azure hill,  Which then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58326]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the cooling hour, just when the rounded Red sun sinks down behind the azure hill,  Which then seems as if the whole earth is bounded,   Circling all nature, hush'd, and dim, and still,    With the far mountain-crescent half surrounded     On one side, and the deep sea calm and chill      Upon the other, and the rosy sky       With one star sparkling through it like an eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never blame anyone if you get hurt because you took the risk, and you decided who was worth the try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never blame anyone if you get hurt because you took the risk, and you decided who was worth the try.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64574]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54746]]></link><description><![CDATA[To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you can win it for yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25199]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5250]]></link><description><![CDATA[To find a career to which you are adapted by nature, and then to work hard at it, is about as near to a formula for success and happiness as the world provides. One of the fortunate aspects of this formula is that, granted the right career has been found, the hard work takes care of itself. Then hard work is not hard work at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5250</guid></item></channel></rss>