<?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[Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch -what makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch -what makes you go beyond the norm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American...is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners...Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of men on airplanes. The minute a man reaches thirty thousand feet, he immediately becomes consumed by distasteful sexual fantasies which involve doing uncomfortable things in those tiny toilets. These men should not be encouraged, their fantasies are sadly low-rent and unimaginative. Affect an aloof, cool demeanor as soon as any man tries to draw you out. Unless, of course, he's the pilot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pardon all but thy selfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pardon all but thy selfe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A very ancient and fish-like smell. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56095]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very ancient and fish-like smell. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57411]]></link><description><![CDATA[All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Italians are plunderers. [It., Gli Italiani tutti ladroni.]  Not all but a good part.   [It., Non ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23099]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Italians are plunderers. [It., Gli Italiani tutti ladroni.]  Not all but a good part.   [It., Non tutti, ma buona parte.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57817]]></link><description><![CDATA[They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epicureans, that ascribed the origin and frame of the world not to the power of God, but to the fortuitous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Epicureans, that ascribed the origin and frame of the world not to the power of God, but to the fortuitous concourse of atoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51050]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And ye shall know the truth,and the truth shall make you free. -John VII. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59846]]></link><description><![CDATA[And ye shall know the truth,and the truth shall make you free. -John VII.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was difficult to exclude him but we don't want to see another breakdown of our main bowler. His fitness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34857]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was difficult to exclude him but we don't want to see another breakdown of our main bowler. His fitness level is still not up to the mark for taking the workload in the longer-version game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is long, life is short. —Ars longa, vita brevis]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. They also show that citizens overwhelmingly believe that open government ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29287]]></link><description><![CDATA[These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. They also show that citizens overwhelmingly believe that open government is good government. The public understands that openness - to the greatest degree possible - will produce government that is more efficient, more honest and more responsive to the citizens it serves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,  Which, as they kiss, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11844]]></link><description><![CDATA[These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,  Which, as they kiss, consume.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5848]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cheerful life is what the Muses love, A soaring spirit is their prime delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who did leave His Father's throne, To assume thy flesh and bone?  Had He life, or had He none? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who did leave His Father's throne, To assume thy flesh and bone?  Had He life, or had He none?   If he had not liv'd for thee,    Thou hadst died most wretchedly     And two deaths had been thy fee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentiment is the ripened fruit of fantasy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentiment is the ripened fruit of fantasy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applaud friends, the comedy is over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applaud friends, the comedy is over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cradle of the future is the grave of the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17115]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. [Lat., Multa trepidus solet  Detegere vultus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18477]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. [Lat., Multa trepidus solet  Detegere vultus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rider is a real good team. I thought we wrestled fairly well for the most part, but we didn't do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rider is a real good team. I thought we wrestled fairly well for the most part, but we didn't do as well in some areas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going well, so far we're going steady, driving at a safe speed and things are going pretty much according ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31708]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going well, so far we're going steady, driving at a safe speed and things are going pretty much according to plan. We're aiming to be somewhere in the top six and we're on target. We had a small spin at a junction on the first stage that gave away a few seconds but apart from that we've had no issues. The roads are in good condition, there's a good solid base and I'm enjoying my driving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5807]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are very confident that those extremists will also fail to disrupt and derail polling day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37527]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are very confident that those extremists will also fail to disrupt and derail polling day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is on every occasion the record of that which one age finds worthy of note in another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57063]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is on every occasion the record of that which one age finds worthy of note in another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction. -E. F. Schumacher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A snow yeare, a rich yeare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49078]]></link><description><![CDATA[A snow yeare, a rich yeare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innovation, creativity, and enthusiasm are all linked. When you walk into a warehouse and the manager can't wait to show ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innovation, creativity, and enthusiasm are all linked. When you walk into a warehouse and the manager can't wait to show you what the staff has accomplished, you can feel the enthusiasm, excitement, and pride. When that energy doesn't exist, there probably isn't much innovation or creativity going on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16739]]></link><description><![CDATA[One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20505]]></link><description><![CDATA[My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/474]]></link><description><![CDATA[To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe, and abide by their belief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20843]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In that second game, we went in too overconfident. They went on a run and beat us by four points. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41982]]></link><description><![CDATA[In that second game, we went in too overconfident. They went on a run and beat us by four points.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Boone and Latham) are game players. Those two tie our inside and outside together. They did their jobs well down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41229]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Boone and Latham) are game players. Those two tie our inside and outside together. They did their jobs well down the stretch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48165]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up and down! Up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown;  And amidst the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up and down! Up and down! From the base of the wave to the billow's crown;  And amidst the flashing and feathery foam   The Stormy Petrel finds a home,--    A home, if such a place may be,     For her who lives on the wide, wide sea,      On the craggy ice, in the frozen air,       And only seeketh her rocky lair        To warm her young and to teach them spring         At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3451]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will identify most things that are truly dangerous. It will not find nail clippers or box cutters, but those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will identify most things that are truly dangerous. It will not find nail clippers or box cutters, but those are legal. The 9/11 (terrorist attack) was not about box cutters, it was about (pilot) doors people could open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good news, by and large, is that science has prospered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good news, by and large, is that science has prospered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50262]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5810]]></link><description><![CDATA[To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5810</guid></item></channel></rss>