<?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[Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All comes out even at the end of the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11134]]></link><description><![CDATA[All comes out even at the end of the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60334]]></link><description><![CDATA[A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43926]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46660]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22145]]></link><description><![CDATA[All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are skinned. [Fr., Vous semblez les anguilles de ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10494]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are skinned. [Fr., Vous semblez les anguilles de Melun; vous criez devant qu'on vous esorche.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24383]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew it was going to be tough. Our game plan was to play defense, but I'm happy. We were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32717]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew it was going to be tough. Our game plan was to play defense, but I'm happy. We were even on errors, but we just couldn't get the hits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the substance from which I am made. Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,  By the magic of ale ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,  By the magic of ale and cider.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53346]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28295]]></link><description><![CDATA[If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52294]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What looks like a giving hand is often a holding on for dear life. Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the Universe to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telling me to get the bat, it was like, 'Oh my God,' ... The first thing I remember walking to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Telling me to get the bat, it was like, 'Oh my God,' ... The first thing I remember walking to the plate was, 'Man, these lights are good.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47969]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people died from no water and no food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people died from no water and no food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like to like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like to like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/357]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both man and womankind belie their nature When they are not kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both man and womankind belie their nature When they are not kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better do nothing than do ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better do nothing than do ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success has always been a great liar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success has always been a great liar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kim couldn't have done that routine better. She had a great week at practice and came in very confident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kim couldn't have done that routine better. She had a great week at practice and came in very confident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost because we told ourselves we lost ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25553]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost because we told ourselves we lost]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5042]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to think impartially. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to think impartially.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These elections will fail by themselves. Political parties inside the country won't attend this farce. Chad's citizens, with the current ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28743]]></link><description><![CDATA[These elections will fail by themselves. Political parties inside the country won't attend this farce. Chad's citizens, with the current loaded environment, won't be going out to vote, even just to say no to Deby.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physician, heal thyself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physician, heal thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63406]]></link><description><![CDATA[For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gluttony kills more then the sword. [Gluttony kills more than the sword.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gluttony kills more then the sword. [Gluttony kills more than the sword.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even as voters, we try to keep up with the guys as much as possible, mainly through television or ESPN. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even as voters, we try to keep up with the guys as much as possible, mainly through television or ESPN.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had the chance to watch Hilary develop for the past six or seven years and I am proud to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37818]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had the chance to watch Hilary develop for the past six or seven years and I am proud to have her as a part of this program. She has great hands and I think the combination of hockey and soccer helped with her development of the game. She has off the ball awareness and is a very finesse player. She will look to come in and play for us in the midfield and up front.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Friar, Bishop, Peacemaker, 1274  There is no such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Friar, Bishop, Peacemaker, 1274  There is no such thing as a post-Christian society. One generation may reject the Gospel itself, but it cannot reject it for future generations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a caldron, and at some point it's just going to boil over. We're at the edge, and this administration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31860]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a caldron, and at some point it's just going to boil over. We're at the edge, and this administration and this Legislature need to do something before we lose (control of) a prison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone wants to beat Michael on the track because it is the same as beating (Lance) Armstrong in the Tour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone wants to beat Michael on the track because it is the same as beating (Lance) Armstrong in the Tour de France,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hungry bellies have no cars. [Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hungry bellies have no cars. [Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lightnings, that show the vast and foamy deep, The rending thunders, as they onward roll,  The loud winds, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lightnings, that show the vast and foamy deep, The rending thunders, as they onward roll,  The loud winds, that o'er the billows sweep--   Shake the firm nerve, appal the bravest soul!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatsoever was the father of a disease, an ill dyet was the mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27704]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27704</guid></item></channel></rss>