<?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[The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/870]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not too sure that it is right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not too sure that it is right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58217]]></link><description><![CDATA[What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We plan to recertify our bid. We don't anticipate any changes. And we believe we have a very good shot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33658]]></link><description><![CDATA[We plan to recertify our bid. We don't anticipate any changes. And we believe we have a very good shot at winning. We are certainly optimistic about the outcome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2482]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of perpetuating our property in our families is one of the most valuable and interesting circumstances belonging to it, and that which tends most to the perpetuation of society itself. It makes our weakness subservient to our virtue; it grafts benevolence even upon avarice. The possession of family wealth and of the distinction which attends hereditary possessions (as most concerned in it,) are the natural securities for this transmission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning "ability to," and bics, meaning "withstand tremendous boredom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning "ability to," and bics, meaning "withstand tremendous boredom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold Will tempt unto a close exploit of death? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But truths on which depends our main concern, That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn,  Shine by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53005]]></link><description><![CDATA[But truths on which depends our main concern, That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn,  Shine by the side of every path we tread   With such a lustre he that runs may read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't seem to play well in the opening game of doubleheaders. Our destiny is in our hands. If we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30578]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't seem to play well in the opening game of doubleheaders. Our destiny is in our hands. If we win, we still have a chance to win the district championship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28308]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We wished that the program had not failed and then the warriors could have achieved their goals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So for thy spirit did devise Its Maker seemly garniture,  Of its own essence parcel pure.--   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2767]]></link><description><![CDATA[So for thy spirit did devise Its Maker seemly garniture,  Of its own essence parcel pure.--   From grave simplicities a dress,    And reticent demureness,     And love encinctured with reserve;      Which the woven vesture would subserve.       For outward robes in their ostents        Should show the soul's habiliments.         Therefore I say,--Thou'rt fair even so,          But better Fair I use to know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, we can't control that, just as we can't control outsiders gambling on our games. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, we can't control that, just as we can't control outsiders gambling on our games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it's just enough to smile sincerely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's just enough to smile sincerely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you judge people, you have no time to love them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2160]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you judge people, you have no time to love them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are respectable only as they respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are respectable only as they respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse things (than your child)? [Lat., Unde tibi frontem libertatemque parentis,  Cum facias pejora senex?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, my coach! Good night, ladies, good night. Sweet ladies, good night, good night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, my coach! Good night, ladies, good night. Sweet ladies, good night, good night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit. [Fr., Il y a du merite sans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27388]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit. [Fr., Il y a du merite sans elevation mais il n'y a point d'elevation sans quelque merite.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sabi is the color of haikai. It is different from tranquility. For example, if an old man dresses up in armor and helmet and goes to the battlefield, or in colorful brocade kimono, attending (his lord) at a banquet, [sabi] is like this old figure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47352]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say not always what you know, but always know what you say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[cautiously optimistic about the plan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40419]]></link><description><![CDATA[cautiously optimistic about the plan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60600]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put none but Americans on guard tonight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put none but Americans on guard tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The town just turned into gridlock, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30973]]></link><description><![CDATA[The town just turned into gridlock,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The well-bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13486]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's certainly not our intention to inconvenience folks. But it's better for them to wait for the arms to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38197]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's certainly not our intention to inconvenience folks. But it's better for them to wait for the arms to be taken care of or repaired rather than have a terrible incident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes, Being vexed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes, Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27663]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those to which it is impossible to attach a well-defined meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every wish Is like a prayer--with God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every wish Is like a prayer--with God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The want of a thing is perplexing enough, but the possession of it is intolerable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3205</guid></item></channel></rss>