<?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[In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59425]]></link><description><![CDATA[In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is less'ned by another's anguish;  Turn giddy, and be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is less'ned by another's anguish;  Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning;   One desperate grief cures with another's languish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8352]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas blow for blow, disputing inch by inch, For one would not retreat, nor t'other flinch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3042]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas blow for blow, disputing inch by inch, For one would not retreat, nor t'other flinch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[not to allow Lebanon to be a passage for conspiracy against Syria. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29896]]></link><description><![CDATA[not to allow Lebanon to be a passage for conspiracy against Syria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines. -Plato. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines. -Plato.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61889]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to -- which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The solitary, silent, solemn scene, Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,  Blended in dust together; where the slave  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18218]]></link><description><![CDATA[The solitary, silent, solemn scene, Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,  Blended in dust together; where the slave   Rests from his labors; where th' insulting proud    Resigns his powers; the miser drops his hoard:     Where human folly sleeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1687]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things just kind of built from there. I always liked watching them in football. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things just kind of built from there. I always liked watching them in football.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How awestriking. How sublime..that out of muck and mud and dirt and slime God makes lemons and God makes limes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27577]]></link><description><![CDATA[How awestriking. How sublime..that out of muck and mud and dirt and slime God makes lemons and God makes limes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never go to bed angry. Stay up and fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never go to bed angry. Stay up and fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a strong, good-sized kid. He doesn't come down easily. But we don't give him the ball a lot inside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31886]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a strong, good-sized kid. He doesn't come down easily. But we don't give him the ball a lot inside for 2-3 yard dive plays. We prefer giving him the ball off-tackle where he can get into the open field. Once he's in the clear, he's a vapor trail. He's gone. I don't remember seeing anybody who has caught him from behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!A farewell, and then forever!Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!A farewell, and then forever!Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,While the star of hope she leaves him?Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,Dark despair around benights me. - Ae Fond Kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your visionis the promise of what you shall one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your visionis the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy ofwhat you shall at last unveil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23698]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too, but there will be no special hurry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61888]]></link><description><![CDATA[She (his wife) is the wind beneath my wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had no stratagems, no tricks. You are simply obliged to put up with it, you have no choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had no stratagems, no tricks. You are simply obliged to put up with it, you have no choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That gave us a little breathing room. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31510]]></link><description><![CDATA[That gave us a little breathing room.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once I got there, I noticed that smoke was everywhere, and we noticed that someone had tried to kick one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once I got there, I noticed that smoke was everywhere, and we noticed that someone had tried to kick one of the side doors in to get in the church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been working on getting balanced scoring. We've been preaching it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37675]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been working on getting balanced scoring. We've been preaching it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in the negotiations. If you're going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44360]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in the negotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we were driving, we saw a sign that said "Watch for Rocks." Marta said it should read "Watch for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11727]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we were driving, we saw a sign that said "Watch for Rocks." Marta said it should read "Watch for Pretty Rocks." I told her she should write in her suggestion to the highway department, but she started saying it was a joke - just to get out of writing a simple letter! And I thought I was lazy!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wasn't the substitution that turned the match, individual errors led to the Czech goals, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wasn't the substitution that turned the match, individual errors led to the Czech goals,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60199]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his sheep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51563]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear, not to skin his sheep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All flesh is not venison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49101]]></link><description><![CDATA[All flesh is not venison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . glory built On selfish principles is shame and guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17543]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . glory built On selfish principles is shame and guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune, there is nothing left to me but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune, there is nothing left to me but honor, and my life, which is saved. [Lat., Madame, pour vous faire savoir comme se porte le reste de mon infortune, de toutes choses m'est demeure que l'honneur et la vie qui est sauve.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once upon a needle's point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the same mental illness, and it's based on paranoid ideations. He believes people are out to kill him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39136]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the same mental illness, and it's based on paranoid ideations. He believes people are out to kill him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it will turn sour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with competency in electronics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with competency in electronics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3739]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43258]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inquiry committee has ripped away the curtain, and shone a harsh light into the most unsightly corners of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40208]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inquiry committee has ripped away the curtain, and shone a harsh light into the most unsightly corners of the organization,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54694]]></link><description><![CDATA[I refused to attend his funeral. But I wrote a very nice letter explaining that I approved of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And over the pond are sailing Two swans all white as snow;  Sweet voices mysteriously wailing   Pierce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58451]]></link><description><![CDATA[And over the pond are sailing Two swans all white as snow;  Sweet voices mysteriously wailing   Pierce through me as onward they go.    They sail along, and a ringing     Sweet melody rises on high;      And when the swans begin singing,       They presently must die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately if the cost goes up ... over some period of time, the jewelry industry would need to pass that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately if the cost goes up ... over some period of time, the jewelry industry would need to pass that through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a big problem. We're going to work on it. We're just not scoring, and that's something we have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34399]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a big problem. We're going to work on it. We're just not scoring, and that's something we have to fix.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34399</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[Never think of leaving perfumes or wine to your heir. Administer these yourself, and let him have your money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never think of leaving perfumes or wine to your heir. Administer these yourself, and let him have your money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looked like [SBVC was] bothered [by the conditions]. Our guys are conditioned, and we used that to our advantage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33631]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looked like [SBVC was] bothered [by the conditions]. Our guys are conditioned, and we used that to our advantage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no remedy for sex but more sex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28050]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no remedy for sex but more sex.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66917]]></link><description><![CDATA['I wish life was not so short,' he thought. Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66917</guid></item></channel></rss>