<?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[Don't long for the unripe grape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't long for the unripe grape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart--the best brain. The superior man ... stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distill it out;  For our bad neighbor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51367]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distill it out;  For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,   Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Baron's retainers were blithe and gay, And keeping their Christmas holiday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8624]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Baron's retainers were blithe and gay, And keeping their Christmas holiday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those guys put you in a situation to win every game. That's why they are in the top four. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those guys put you in a situation to win every game. That's why they are in the top four.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9904]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violent can be sound and lightin waking us from sleep of night.Gently comes the dawn's twilightEach step taken oh so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violent can be sound and lightin waking us from sleep of night.Gently comes the dawn's twilightEach step taken oh so slight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4903]]></link><description><![CDATA[But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This song obviously has special meaning to me in more ways than one. I want people to know more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33095]]></link><description><![CDATA[This song obviously has special meaning to me in more ways than one. I want people to know more than anything -- gay, straight, whatever -- just how cool Willie is and ... his way of thinking, his tolerance, everything about him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The developers have to go back to the drawing board. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The developers have to go back to the drawing board.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up. [Motto of Vraibleusia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14624]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose, to use our national motto, something will turn up. [Motto of Vraibleusia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64503]]></link><description><![CDATA[When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mountain in LaborA mountain was once greatly agitated. Loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Mountain in LaborA mountain was once greatly agitated. Loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came from all parts to see what was the matter. While they were assembled in anxious expectation of some terrible calamity, out came a Mouse. Don't make much ado about nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49272]]></link><description><![CDATA[God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle, and a Prison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A referendum ...by High Point residents would certainly be a guiding force, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35310]]></link><description><![CDATA[A referendum ...by High Point residents would certainly be a guiding force,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My pride fell with my fortunes. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55629]]></link><description><![CDATA[My pride fell with my fortunes. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62253]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf swing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It brought tears to my eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30100]]></link><description><![CDATA[It brought tears to my eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of his fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of his fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil. It is the Heavenly Father's will thus to exercise them so as to put his own children to a definite test. Beginning with Christ, his first-born, he follows this plan with all his children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30189]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hercules and the WagonerA CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hercules and the WagonerA CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut. The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him. Hercules, it is said, appeared and thus addressed him: Put your shoulders to the wheels, my man. Goad on your bullocks, and never more pray to me for help, until you have done your best to help yourself, or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain. Self-help is the best help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She sets an example in practice with her hard work, and just getting herself prepared every time she plays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34439]]></link><description><![CDATA[She sets an example in practice with her hard work, and just getting herself prepared every time she plays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust, but verify. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust, but verify.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't have to have an elaborate stage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32189]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't have to have an elaborate stage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15721]]></link><description><![CDATA[All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young fellows will be young fellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young fellows will be young fellows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61458]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing a huge increase in all import bills. Some of them are beginning to feel pressure on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36694]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing a huge increase in all import bills. Some of them are beginning to feel pressure on the external balance of payments. Fiscal strains in India, Indonesia, Bangladesh are particularly huge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promise is most given when the least is said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promise is most given when the least is said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25395]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51562]]></link><description><![CDATA[He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's up to Gary. He's not some spectacle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33388]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's up to Gary. He's not some spectacle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27394]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14300]]></link><description><![CDATA[States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can have anything you want in life, you just can't have everythingyou want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21467]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can have anything you want in life, you just can't have everythingyou want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56932</guid></item></channel></rss>