<?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[Affliction may one day smile again; and till then, sit thee down, sorrow! -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction may one day smile again; and till then, sit thee down, sorrow! -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't mind being the underdogs. We'll take it and ride it. Do we want respect? Yeah, we want respect. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28589]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't mind being the underdogs. We'll take it and ride it. Do we want respect? Yeah, we want respect. But the only way you can get it is by earning it. We don't mind doing that. That's what we've had to do all year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/360]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66113]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunities multiply as they are seized. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunities multiply as they are seized.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64441]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with  A pudency so rosy, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained And prayed me oft forbearance--did it with  A pudency so rosy, the sweet view on't   Might well have warmed old Saturn--that I thought her    As chaste as unsunned snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27755]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought me here and will also lead me away. She may scold me, but she will not hate her work. I trust her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sceptre and crown must tumble down And in the dust be equal made  With the poor crooked scythe and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sceptre and crown must tumble down And in the dust be equal made  With the poor crooked scythe and spade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every cock fights best on his own dunghill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17761]]></link><description><![CDATA[One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some had rather lose their friend then their Jest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34212]]></link><description><![CDATA[yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad news. When they flip on the TV, they want to get AWAY from their problems, not hear about people getting thrown overboard tied to their boat anchor or working out so they can strangle innocent kids faster and better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer - into a selflessness which links us with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer - into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a long time in the hot seat (race lead), and I did kind of hope to hold on. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40268]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a long time in the hot seat (race lead), and I did kind of hope to hold on. But I'm just happy to be up here with Joane and Karin. I look up to both of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They castrate the books of other men in order that with the fat of their works they may lard their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25289]]></link><description><![CDATA[They castrate the books of other men in order that with the fat of their works they may lard their own lean volumes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would call this a unique opportunity for people who want to use the property for 60 or 90 days ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30954]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would call this a unique opportunity for people who want to use the property for 60 or 90 days a year. We're finding all kinds of people who want a vacation home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathlon must have taken Him completely by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17664]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, the triathlon must have taken Him completely by surprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know the full story but we'll be in touch with him as soon as possible. We'll keep our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know the full story but we'll be in touch with him as soon as possible. We'll keep our fingers crossed it's not too serious. Knowing Harry he'll do everything he can to get fit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're really excited about this. It's a great chance to showcase our league here in this city. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32827]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're really excited about this. It's a great chance to showcase our league here in this city.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11782]]></link><description><![CDATA[The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14948]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43469]]></link><description><![CDATA[A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12422]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very excited about these stem cells. We're really on the cusp of making some big leaps forward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28548]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very excited about these stem cells. We're really on the cusp of making some big leaps forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not often that an opinion is worth expressing, which cannot take care of itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44940]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not often that an opinion is worth expressing, which cannot take care of itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mighty Oak was once a little nut that stood its ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65551]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mighty Oak was once a little nut that stood its ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does not destroy me, makes me strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57943]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does not destroy me, makes me strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weakness,errors, deficiencies, and sins, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weakness,errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are talking about a horrendous terrorist attack. ... Don't ask me to play lotto, ... I cannot evaluate probabilities. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39083]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are talking about a horrendous terrorist attack. ... Don't ask me to play lotto, ... I cannot evaluate probabilities. We only work with things that are proven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can cause a strike. But no fool can resolve one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can cause a strike. But no fool can resolve one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.   - Ralph ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.   - Ralph Waldo Emerson,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23711]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale,  And love the high embowed roof, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25062]]></link><description><![CDATA[But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale,  And love the high embowed roof,   With antique pillars massy proof,    And storied windows richly dight;     Casting a dim religious light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19537]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings in a pack of cards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15266]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53767]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if they say it's safe, I don't know if I want to stay here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if they say it's safe, I don't know if I want to stay here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22137]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now let us sing, long live the king. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now let us sing, long live the king.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . and now expecting Each hour their great adventurer, from the search  Of foreign words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/668]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . and now expecting Each hour their great adventurer, from the search  Of foreign words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44291]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40228]]></link><description><![CDATA[An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40228</guid></item></channel></rss>