<?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[Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, And hope without an object cannot live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve, And hope without an object cannot live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells!  What a world of merriment their melody foretells!   How ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear the sledges with the bells, Silver bells!  What a world of merriment their melody foretells!   How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,    In the icy air of night,     While the stars that oversprinkle      All the Heavens seem to twinkle       With a crystalline delight:        Keeping time, time, time,         In a sort of Runic rhyme          To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells           From the bells, bells, bells, bells,            Bells, bells, bells--             From the jingling and the tingling of the bells.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think you have to give all the credit to Lower. He (Holden) is a fantastic coach. His team came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35463]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think you have to give all the credit to Lower. He (Holden) is a fantastic coach. His team came ready to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good intentions aren't good enough! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good intentions aren't good enough!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31992]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far from gay cities, and the ways of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far from gay cities, and the ways of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26465]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23457]]></link><description><![CDATA[I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I think it is fitting that I should leave as a Jew. I don't want to turn my back on a great and noble heritage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13422]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're uninhibited at an early age, a learning curve is so much higher without that. It's so much fun, they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39605]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're uninhibited at an early age, a learning curve is so much higher without that. It's so much fun, they're quick learners. The younger ones seem to learn best through songs and games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He makes sweet music with th' enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55334]]></link><description><![CDATA[He makes sweet music with th' enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. -John Steinbeck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18966]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ. -John Steinbeck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice of the majority is no proof of justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I came up-stairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2487]]></link><description><![CDATA[I came up-stairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't talk to me about atrocities in war; all war is an atrocity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't talk to me about atrocities in war; all war is an atrocity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66252]]></link><description><![CDATA[If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of our reach the gods have laid Of time to come th' event,  And laugh to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of our reach the gods have laid Of time to come th' event,  And laugh to see the fools afraid   Of what the knaves invent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is hard. After all, it kills you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is hard. After all, it kills you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A real estate closer. Oh, what's that? I'm a real estate opener. What is a real estate closer? You mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41015]]></link><description><![CDATA[A real estate closer. Oh, what's that? I'm a real estate opener. What is a real estate closer? You mean at the end where you've got to sign all those papers?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man has his fancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man has his fancy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53869]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and remorseless as the struggle between the artist man and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all human struggles there is none so treacherous and remorseless as the struggle between the artist man and the mother woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rose is often found near the nettle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50776]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rose is often found near the nettle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10944]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acquiring of culture is the development of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have to be unselfish. That's one concept I want them to get, but it can be a hard concept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29497]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have to be unselfish. That's one concept I want them to get, but it can be a hard concept for young players to grasp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11081]]></link><description><![CDATA[The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made the difference between a nobleman's sink and a brilliant sculpture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people grow under responsibility, others merely swell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people grow under responsibility, others merely swell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The importance of this big defeat, dramatic defeat is not only that they have lost areas, but they have lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The importance of this big defeat, dramatic defeat is not only that they have lost areas, but they have lost their main fighting force,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58349]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition; there are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy?  Some cost a passing bell;   Some a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12857]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy?  Some cost a passing bell;   Some a light sigh,    That shakes from Life's fresh crown     Only a rose-leaf down.      If there were dreams to sell,       Merry and sad to tell,        And the crier rung the bell,         What would you buy?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agriculture is best, enterprise is acceptable, but avoid being on a fixed wage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26840]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a man is ashamed of is always at bottom himself; and he is ashamed of himself at bottom always for being afraid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have played six games this season but this is the first time we have played well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40196]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have played six games this season but this is the first time we have played well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend should bear a friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51290]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend should bear a friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2293]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim -- improve yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will see no better deal this week or next year. We believe our proposal to be fair and balanced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39015]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will see no better deal this week or next year. We believe our proposal to be fair and balanced and there is very narrow room for negotiation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the day, do the day's work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58306]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the day, do the day's work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He ne'er is crowned with immortality Who fears to follow where airy voices lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20616]]></link><description><![CDATA[He ne'er is crowned with immortality Who fears to follow where airy voices lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is the lover's gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is the lover's gift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd say we put a good run in the first half and a good run in the second half. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd say we put a good run in the first half and a good run in the second half. We didn't really play 40 minutes of basketball. The key (to playing a transition game) was the defensive intensity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944   The paleontological evidence before us today clearly demonstrates ordered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944   The paleontological evidence before us today clearly demonstrates ordered progressive change with the successive development of new faunal and floral assemblages through the changing epochs of our earth's history. There should be no real conflict between science, which is the search for truth, and Christ's teachings, which I hold to be truth itself. It is only when scientists remove God from creation that the Christian is faced with an irreconcilable situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7591</guid></item></channel></rss>