<?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[Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a really nice surprise, ... We were the only newcomers, and doggone if we didn't take it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37509]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a really nice surprise, ... We were the only newcomers, and doggone if we didn't take it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path.  But he that has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19950]]></link><description><![CDATA[An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path.  But he that has humanity, forewarned,   Will turn aside and let the reptile live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize,  Not all that glisters gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not all that tempts your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize,  Not all that glisters gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every smile makes you a day younger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every smile makes you a day younger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I do, fillip me with a three-man beetle. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55914]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I do, fillip me with a three-man beetle. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56002]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends stolen out of holy writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil. -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The issues seem to be the changing environment that we live in. There's much more access to in-home entertainment, there's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The issues seem to be the changing environment that we live in. There's much more access to in-home entertainment, there's much more competition with lots of different kinds of arts, and there's a lot more fear of the unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I see is a system that's being implemented and every week it appears that players understand it a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29868]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I see is a system that's being implemented and every week it appears that players understand it a little more and they play a little faster,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62840]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We adore chaos because we love to produce order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65446]]></link><description><![CDATA[We adore chaos because we love to produce order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother About one vice and fall into another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50931]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother About one vice and fall into another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14165]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word to the wise is infuriating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63570]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word to the wise is infuriating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's a man for a' that! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26261]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's a man for a' that!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider  Their passions, and are dext'rous; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4899]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider  Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features   Are brought up, others by a warlike leader;    Some by a place--as tend their years or natures;     The most by ready cash--but all have prices,      From crowns to kicks, according to their vices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately, it's clear that it won't work to try and take away equal marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, it's clear that it won't work to try and take away equal marriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My first year at Salem State, 1998-99, I decided I needed to get used to my surroundings so I didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34332]]></link><description><![CDATA[My first year at Salem State, 1998-99, I decided I needed to get used to my surroundings so I didn't play basketball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23939]]></link><description><![CDATA[To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry. Lawrence J. Peter -Henry Beecher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry. Lawrence J. Peter -Henry Beecher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17248]]></link><description><![CDATA[To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin  At him here;   But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18887]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin  At him here;   But the old three-cornered hat    And the breeches and all that     Are so queer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of two evils choose the least. [Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of two evils choose the least. [Lat., E duobus malis minimum eligendum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In politics nothing is contemptible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46955]]></link><description><![CDATA[In politics nothing is contemptible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All heart they live, all head, all eye, all ear, All intellect, all sense, and as they please  They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2785]]></link><description><![CDATA[All heart they live, all head, all eye, all ear, All intellect, all sense, and as they please  They limb themselves, and colour, shape, or size,   Assume, as likes them best, condense or rare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shows like CSI are teaching people that without forensic evidence you can't convict anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shows like CSI are teaching people that without forensic evidence you can't convict anybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51577]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has called us to shine, just as much as Daniel was sent into Babylon to shine. Let no one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7109]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has called us to shine, just as much as Daniel was sent into Babylon to shine. Let no one say that he cannot shine because he has not so much influence as some others may have. What God wants you to do is to use the influence you have. Daniel probably did not have much influence down in Babylon at first, but God soon gave him more because he was faithful and used what he had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never apologize and never explain - it's a sign of weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never apologize and never explain - it's a sign of weakness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, the czar did not want us in the schools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42046]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, the czar did not want us in the schools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you? -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you? -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has a real impact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29143]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has a real impact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3302]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each week you have to wrestle at a higher level. We all have to step it up this week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each week you have to wrestle at a higher level. We all have to step it up this week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So you see, we offer a lot more than just sports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37546]]></link><description><![CDATA[So you see, we offer a lot more than just sports.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can definitely handle whatever they throw at him. Johnny's a cool cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30700]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can definitely handle whatever they throw at him. Johnny's a cool cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paris wrapped in night! half nebulousThe moonlight streams o'er the blue-shadowed roofs..A lovely frame for this wild battlescene Beneath the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paris wrapped in night! half nebulousThe moonlight streams o'er the blue-shadowed roofs..A lovely frame for this wild battlescene Beneath the vapor's floating scarves, the SeineTrembles, mysterious, like a magic mirrorCyrano Act 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3862</guid></item></channel></rss>