<?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[This is definitely an embarrassment for the Turkish Government ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37210]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is definitely an embarrassment for the Turkish Government]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy father's merit sets thee up to view, And shows thee in the fairest point of light,  To make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy father's merit sets thee up to view, And shows thee in the fairest point of light,  To make thy virtues, or thy faults, conspicuous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew we would find a different Notre Dame team than the one we played at their place. I knew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35488]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew we would find a different Notre Dame team than the one we played at their place. I knew we would have to play a lot better than we did there. Our post players came up really big. It went exactly the way I thought it would except for the last five or six minutes, considering the kind of week we had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You no longer really have to record the Super Bowl because you can get all the commercials on AOL the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33017]]></link><description><![CDATA[You no longer really have to record the Super Bowl because you can get all the commercials on AOL the next day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your your disgraceful life with such mean ambitions, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your your disgraceful life with such mean ambitions, O miser? [Lat., Abiturus illuc priores abierunt,  Quid mente caeca torques spiritum?   Tibi dico, avare.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14902]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21114]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make a vessel from a lump of clay; It is the space inside the vessel that makes it useful. ... Thus, while the tangible has advantages, It is the intangible that makes it useful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country ;turns out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each one to his own trade; then would the cows be well cared for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36188]]></link><description><![CDATA[To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45471]]></link><description><![CDATA[One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a bit of both, ... It is a blessing because I know that I am capable but it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38882]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a bit of both, ... It is a blessing because I know that I am capable but it is a curse because I don't get the opportunities that I normally would get. But if I am in a situation that is out of my control, everyone is still going to hold me responsible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be that the arms start coming down as (drivers) are going through. Maybe it's just somebody bumping into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38196]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be that the arms start coming down as (drivers) are going through. Maybe it's just somebody bumping into it. This is typical equipment, and you could have an occasional breakdown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unraveling the web of Penelope. [Lat., Penelopae telam retexens.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unraveling the web of Penelope. [Lat., Penelopae telam retexens.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It just seems like the last three or four days I've been able to keep my legs under me and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35265]]></link><description><![CDATA[It just seems like the last three or four days I've been able to keep my legs under me and kind of drive the ball. It's been a long time since I've had six hits and none of them have been singles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost some key games last year that we shouldn't have. We got off to a great start and then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34262]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost some key games last year that we shouldn't have. We got off to a great start and then our hitting kind of fizzled out. We should be similar to last year, but with more experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13487]]></link><description><![CDATA[The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the cruelest teacher; first she gives the test, then teaches the lesson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12916]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2518]]></link><description><![CDATA[A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the action was over and they were returning with joy, they recognized Nicanor, lying dead, in full armor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57135]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the action was over and they were returning with joy, they recognized Nicanor, lying dead, in full armor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9029]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Wilson's cousins, Michael Allen and Johnny Allen, live in an apartment upstairs from him and are among five evacuees who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42413]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Wilson's cousins, Michael Allen and Johnny Allen, live in an apartment upstairs from him and are among five evacuees who have enrolled in classes at the University of Texas at El Paso.] I didn't want to lose out on a whole semester, ... They made it real easy for us to enroll in school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47479]]></link><description><![CDATA[War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good ole days weren't always good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44195]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are doing your best, you will not have to worry about failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is another name for opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45048]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is another name for opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56992]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12376]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48371]]></link><description><![CDATA[New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much sanity may be madness ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too much sanity may be madness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51998]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups whose common denominator is low intelligence and high emotionality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many of our DREAMS at first seem Impossible, then they seem Improbable, and then when we Summon the Will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61582]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many of our DREAMS at first seem Impossible, then they seem Improbable, and then when we Summon the Will, they soon become Inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such joy ambition finds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such joy ambition finds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God himself favors the brave. [Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4865]]></link><description><![CDATA[God himself favors the brave. [Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the dusk a shadow, Then a spark;  Out of the cloud a silence,   Then a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of the dusk a shadow, Then a spark;  Out of the cloud a silence,   Then a lark;    Out of the heart a rapture,     Then a pain;      Out of the dead, cold ashes,       Life again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The benediction of these covering heavens Fall on their heads like dew, for they are worthy  To inlay heaven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The benediction of these covering heavens Fall on their heads like dew, for they are worthy  To inlay heaven with stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20381]]></link><description><![CDATA[When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My soul to-day Is far away  Sailing the Vesuvian Bay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23101]]></link><description><![CDATA[My soul to-day Is far away  Sailing the Vesuvian Bay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who have really made history are the martyrs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53690]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who have really made history are the martyrs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3069]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796  A Christian cannot help being free, because in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel Seabury, First Anglican Bishop in North America, 1796  A Christian cannot help being free, because in the pursuit and attainment of his object, no one can either hinder or retard him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we could get the public as involved and as informed about politics as they are about Monday Night Football, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57735]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we could get the public as involved and as informed about politics as they are about Monday Night Football, we would not have as many problems. People have to get off their duffs and participate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear authors! suit your topics to your strength, And ponder well your subject, and its length;  Nor lift your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear authors! suit your topics to your strength, And ponder well your subject, and its length;  Nor lift your lad, before you're quite aware   What weight your shoulders will, or will not, bear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4007</guid></item></channel></rss>