<?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[There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do withthem that's important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22601]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do withthem that's important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligence is nothing without delight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intelligence is nothing without delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24798]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man. [Lat., Animi cultus quasi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the soul of man. [Lat., Animi cultus quasi quidam humanitatis cibus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves--the creature of habits and infirmities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50891]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59475]]></link><description><![CDATA[She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24619]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But in the way of bargain, mark ye me, I 'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair. -King ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55877]]></link><description><![CDATA[But in the way of bargain, mark ye me, I 'll cavil on the ninth part of a hair. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I use nothing but the best ingredients. My cookies are always baked fresh. I price cookies so that you cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22038]]></link><description><![CDATA[I use nothing but the best ingredients. My cookies are always baked fresh. I price cookies so that you cannot make them at home for any less. And I still give cookies away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Realize what causes hearing loss and use common sense. If you're exposed to loud sounds, use ear protection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Realize what causes hearing loss and use common sense. If you're exposed to loud sounds, use ear protection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we,  As ever did sing in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we,  As ever did sing in a hempen string   Under the gallow-tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we're hoping for is to come up with a generalized plan of how people want to see the town ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36879]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we're hoping for is to come up with a generalized plan of how people want to see the town develop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13164]]></link><description><![CDATA[For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'd known I was gonna live this long. I'd have taken better care of myself. [Eubie Blake At Age ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1295]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'd known I was gonna live this long. I'd have taken better care of myself. [Eubie Blake At Age 100].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The young gentleman, according to Fates and Destinies and such odd sayings, the Sisters Three and such branches of learning, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young gentleman, according to Fates and Destinies and such odd sayings, the Sisters Three and such branches of learning, is indeed deceased; or, as you would say in plain terms, gone to heaven. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some things are good, some middling, more bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some things are good, some middling, more bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There 's the humour of it. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55355]]></link><description><![CDATA[There 's the humour of it. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end.  Courage--an independent spark from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end.  Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,   By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.    Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,     Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.      Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,       By which those great in war, are great in love.        The spring of all brave acts is seated here,         As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when Lady, the brach, may stand by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when Lady, the brach, may stand by the fire and stink.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But scandal's my aversion--I protest Against all evil speaking, even in jest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48723]]></link><description><![CDATA[But scandal's my aversion--I protest Against all evil speaking, even in jest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would you kick an opponent when he was down? Yes, if I thought he might get up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Would you kick an opponent when he was down? Yes, if I thought he might get up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason: For why in man's matters is neither rime ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53108]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason: For why in man's matters is neither rime nor reason.  [Lat., Omnia sunt risus, sunt pulvis, et omnia nil sunt:   Res hominum cunctae, nam ratione lies.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39149]]></link><description><![CDATA[From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubting charms me not less than knowledge. [It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubting charms me not less than knowledge. [It., Non menno che saper, dubbiar m'aggrata.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infinite riches in a little room. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Infinite riches in a little room.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, tarry a moment, my charming girl; Here is a jewel of gold and pearl;  A beautiful cross it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, tarry a moment, my charming girl; Here is a jewel of gold and pearl;  A beautiful cross it is I ween   As ever on beauty's breast was seen;    There's nothing at all but love to pay;     Take it and wear it, but only stay!      Ah! Sir Hunter, what excellent taste!       I'm not--in such--particular--haste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is why we will end the hunger strike, but it should not be forgotten that it was a warning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28436]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is why we will end the hunger strike, but it should not be forgotten that it was a warning to those who do not abide by law and justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell themBenjamin Franklin said it first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22166]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell themBenjamin Franklin said it first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winged words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winged words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/529]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your time ain't come not even a doctor can kill you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23706]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your time ain't come not even a doctor can kill you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/655]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What say you to a piece of beef and mustard? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13274]]></link><description><![CDATA[What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he was talking, he was lying and if he wasn't lying, he was stealing. He was just a weird ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42543]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he was talking, he was lying and if he wasn't lying, he was stealing. He was just a weird and lonely guy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a lovers quarrel with the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a lovers quarrel with the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The education of the doctor which goes on after he has his degree is, after all, the most important part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The education of the doctor which goes on after he has his degree is, after all, the most important part of his education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there:  Then looking up and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there:  Then looking up and round the prospect wide,   When did Praxiteles see me thus? she cried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54935</guid></item></channel></rss>