<?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[I try to approach each game the same, just with a blue-collar mentality, and sometimes I get into foul trouble. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37030]]></link><description><![CDATA[I try to approach each game the same, just with a blue-collar mentality, and sometimes I get into foul trouble. Sometimes I don't [get into foul trouble], and tonight I didn't, and I was able to stay on the floor. I was able to do what I do, which is grab boards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats and water-rats, water-thieves and land-thieves. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3112]]></link><description><![CDATA[No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a common thing we do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37786]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a common thing we do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tread Of coming footsteps cheats the midnight watcher  Who holds her heart and waits to hear them pause, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tread Of coming footsteps cheats the midnight watcher  Who holds her heart and waits to hear them pause,   And hears them never pause, but pass and die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard nothing whatsoever about this alleged media speculation. This is a matter for the judiciary to decide on, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28229]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard nothing whatsoever about this alleged media speculation. This is a matter for the judiciary to decide on, not for politicians and Jalal should know better than that. Why should he make a statement on the accused to the public? The court, the judge need to decide on this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56369]]></link><description><![CDATA[It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   Who is there that ever receives a gift ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or stronger health, we should not have possessed them to our destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's her role [as a scorer]. She was on fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40325]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's her role [as a scorer]. She was on fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannot congeal in winter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I read the moral--A brave endeavour To do thy duty, whate'er its worth,  Is better than life with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13071]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I read the moral--A brave endeavour To do thy duty, whate'er its worth,  Is better than life with love forever,   And love is the sweetest thing on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we did get the general sense that they were either shutting down, facing a major downsizing in operations, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33468]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we did get the general sense that they were either shutting down, facing a major downsizing in operations, or being consolidated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And touch'd their golden harps, and hymning praised God and his works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48017]]></link><description><![CDATA[And touch'd their golden harps, and hymning praised God and his works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am all the daughters of my father's house, And all the brothers too. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55753]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am all the daughters of my father's house, And all the brothers too. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kevin's taught me everything I know about playing keeper. He's prepared me for every situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kevin's taught me everything I know about playing keeper. He's prepared me for every situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not sure who's Beta and who's VHS yet, ... It's not clear who's going to end up with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42463]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not sure who's Beta and who's VHS yet, ... It's not clear who's going to end up with the bulk of the liquidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men? [Lat., Quid est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21025]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men? [Lat., Quid est dementius quam bilem in homines collectam in res effundere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liar: One who tells an unpleasant truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liar: One who tells an unpleasant truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20390]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, pray thee, let it serve for table-talk; Then howsome'er thou speak'st, 'mong other things  I shall digest it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58625]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, pray thee, let it serve for table-talk; Then howsome'er thou speak'st, 'mong other things  I shall digest it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're not a white male, consider sales seriously. Most employers, regardless of how sexist or racist they may be, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15880]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're not a white male, consider sales seriously. Most employers, regardless of how sexist or racist they may be, will pay for any sales they can get. And they care little for the color or gender of the person who brings that business to the firm. Most will be glad to get the business even if it comes from a green, bisexual Martian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a new term, ... What it does is make us more aware of what we're doing. We do care ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37162]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a new term, ... What it does is make us more aware of what we're doing. We do care about the students and want all of them to be successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest qualities of character must be earned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest qualities of character must be earned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41193</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[In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38539]]></link><description><![CDATA[In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The media have just buried the last yuppie, a pathetic creature who had not heard the news that the great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The media have just buried the last yuppie, a pathetic creature who had not heard the news that the great pendulum of public conciousness has just swung from Greed to Compassion and from Tex-Mex to meatballs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. - The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27724]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. - The Oracle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13114]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19502]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up business if we, the Kings, were to consider the assassination of Kings as of no consequence at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes And interchanged love tokens with my child;  Thou hast by moonlight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou, thou, Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes And interchanged love tokens with my child;  Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung   With feigning voice verses of feigning love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said true things, but called them by wrong names. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59811]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said true things, but called them by wrong names.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance. [Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige Unwissenheit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20414]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance. [Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige Unwissenheit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle. It will demand that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American presidency will demand more than ringing manifestos issued from the rear of the battle. It will demand that the President place himself in the very thick of the fight; that he care passionately about the fate of the people he leads ...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915  I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915  I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of fagots, far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry today, and then another, which we are to carry tomorrow, and so on. This we might easily manage, if we would only take the burden appointed for each day; but we choose to increase our troubles by carrying yesterday's stick over again today, and adding tomorrow's burden to the load, before we are required to bear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way people make decisions about cell phones is still about cheap minutes, good coverage at home and a free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39339]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way people make decisions about cell phones is still about cheap minutes, good coverage at home and a free handset.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a male and female to live continuously together is...biologically speaking, an extremely unnatural condition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27317]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a male and female to live continuously together is...biologically speaking, an extremely unnatural condition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25733]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10685]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's quite an athlete, isn't he? He can pitch game one, he can run balls down in the outfield, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34547]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's quite an athlete, isn't he? He can pitch game one, he can run balls down in the outfield, he can drive in runs. We're happy to have him, put it that way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65881</guid></item></channel></rss>