<?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[He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56756]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is not gold that glisters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49103]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is not gold that glisters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The west wasn't won on salad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The west wasn't won on salad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, when the fight begins within himself, A man's worth something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5635]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, when the fight begins within himself, A man's worth something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59763]]></link><description><![CDATA[How calmly may we commit ourselves to the hands of Him who bears up the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as the evening twilight fades away, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62549]]></link><description><![CDATA[For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as the evening twilight fades away, the sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50449]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are going to have a functioning and healthy democratic society, we need to be open to civil discourse. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35840]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are going to have a functioning and healthy democratic society, we need to be open to civil discourse. In other words, we have to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had our chance and Phil hit a screamer, but they made the play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37425]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had our chance and Phil hit a screamer, but they made the play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was not bad. I had to fight back after the bad start. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31811]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was not bad. I had to fight back after the bad start.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to the tapes, my father, then about as run-of-the-mill as Joe Blow himself, didn't want to see the thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4618]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to the tapes, my father, then about as run-of-the-mill as Joe Blow himself, didn't want to see the thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, it helped prepare us that every game we played counted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, it helped prepare us that every game we played counted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26122]]></link><description><![CDATA[As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19895]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in front of the fire for the evening in two minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is not caused. It is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is not caused. It is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13474]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48573]]></link><description><![CDATA[But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A vest as admired Voltiger had on, Which from this Island's foes his grandsire won,  Whose artful colour pass'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2740]]></link><description><![CDATA[A vest as admired Voltiger had on, Which from this Island's foes his grandsire won,  Whose artful colour pass'd the Tyrian dye,   Obliged to triumph in this legacy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frankly, we're perplexed. You'd like to see prices about this time of the year fairly low in anticipation of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frankly, we're perplexed. You'd like to see prices about this time of the year fairly low in anticipation of the summer cost increases. Unfortunately, they're already in the stratosphere and still headed north.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity comes like a snail, and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and is gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity comes like a snail, and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and is gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time and I against any two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time and I against any two.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was good for us to take the 100 plus lead and we will wait till tea on fourth day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37027]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was good for us to take the 100 plus lead and we will wait till tea on fourth day to see how things go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream after dream ensues; And still they dream that they shall still succeed;  And still are disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream after dream ensues; And still they dream that they shall still succeed;  And still are disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64359]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26769]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must overcome the notion that we must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn't have a job if he was any smarter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4774]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn't have a job if he was any smarter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16181]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1926]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say, when the ground our father Adam till'd, And mother Eve the humble distaff held,  Who then his pedigree ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say, when the ground our father Adam till'd, And mother Eve the humble distaff held,  Who then his pedigree presumed to trace,   Or challenged the prerogative of place?    [Lat., Primus Adam duro cum vertet arva ligone,     Pensaque de vili deceret Eva colo:      Ecquis in hoc poterat vir nobilis orbe videri?       Et modo quisquam alios ante locandue erir?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who are the violets now That strew the green lap of the new-come spring? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who are the violets now That strew the green lap of the new-come spring?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a form of poetic prose, musical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a form of poetic prose, musical but without rhythm and rhyme, both supple and staccato enough to adapt itself to the lyrical movements of our souls, the undulating movements of ou]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never feel that something is wrong with you or that you need to be fixed, no one is perfect ..everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never feel that something is wrong with you or that you need to be fixed, no one is perfect ..everyone is different for a specific reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45742]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27142]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Base is the slave that pays. -King Henry V. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Base is the slave that pays. -King Henry V. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king's name is a tower of strength. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56018]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king's name is a tower of strength. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/290]]></link><description><![CDATA[For after all, the best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3420]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3420</guid></item></channel></rss>