<?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[When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker. [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56218]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker. [Fr., Quand nous veoyons un homme mal chausse, nous disons que ce n'est pas merveille, s'il est chausstier.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63098]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13767]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6969]]></link><description><![CDATA[One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43857]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Corpse or a Ghost-- . . . I'd sooner be one or t'other, square and fair, than a Ghost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57395]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Corpse or a Ghost-- . . . I'd sooner be one or t'other, square and fair, than a Ghost in a Corpse, which is my feelins at present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade knows neither friends or kindred ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trade knows neither friends or kindred]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stupidity is the devil. Look in the eye of a chicken and you'll know. It's the most horrifying, cannibalistic, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stupidity is the devil. Look in the eye of a chicken and you'll know. It's the most horrifying, cannibalistic, and nightmarish creature in this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Refrain from entering a profession where you are selling your time; as you will never receive fair value in return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Refrain from entering a profession where you are selling your time; as you will never receive fair value in return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were afraid this would set a precedent and end up nibbling away at our coastline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34474]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were afraid this would set a precedent and end up nibbling away at our coastline.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They wanted a big splash today. And they got it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37052]]></link><description><![CDATA[They wanted a big splash today. And they got it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Asia, for a long time we have been in denial about the sustainability of high oil prices. There is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36689]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Asia, for a long time we have been in denial about the sustainability of high oil prices. There is tremendous potential for Asia to improve efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like his that lights a candle to the sun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like his that lights a candle to the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things that is particularly painful within the context of this poor family is that the engineers actually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38198]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things that is particularly painful within the context of this poor family is that the engineers actually had to witness this, knowing that when you get into a locomotive, there is no steering wheel. As you can imagine, they are pretty shook up about this whole thing, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from Day 1. We knew it would be a tight race and it will probably come down to the last three games of the season against these guys. They're two good teams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One draught above heat makes him a fool; the second mads him; and a third drowns him. -Twelfth Night. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55738]]></link><description><![CDATA[One draught above heat makes him a fool; the second mads him; and a third drowns him. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it. [Lat., Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfaire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it. [Lat., Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfaire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lilies white, prepared to touch The whitest thought, nor soil it much,  Of dreamer turned to lover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25080]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lilies white, prepared to touch The whitest thought, nor soil it much,  Of dreamer turned to lover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dave has done an outstanding job as head coach of this club and we expect that to continue for years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dave has done an outstanding job as head coach of this club and we expect that to continue for years to come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46891]]></link><description><![CDATA[True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1100]]></link><description><![CDATA[During my eighty-seven years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A song to the oak, the brave old oak, Who hath ruled in the greenwood long;  Here's health and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44712]]></link><description><![CDATA[A song to the oak, the brave old oak, Who hath ruled in the greenwood long;  Here's health and renown to his broad green crown,   And his fifty arms so strong.    There's fear in his frown when the Sun goes down,     And the fire in the West fades out;      And he showeth his might on a wild midnight,       When the storms through his branches shout.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59042]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26972]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a pleasure to share one's memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe --though we didn't know it at the time. We know it now. Because it's in the past; because we have survived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. There lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us. There lies the Land of Song; there lies the poet's native land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among mortals second thoughts are wisest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trenchant blade Toledo trusty. For want of fighting was grown rusty,  And ate into itself for lack  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45872]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trenchant blade Toledo trusty. For want of fighting was grown rusty,  And ate into itself for lack   Of somebody to hew and hack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16017]]></link><description><![CDATA[They lepe lyke a flounder out of a fryenge panne into the fyre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exhibitors have really outdone themselves this year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exhibitors have really outdone themselves this year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63228]]></link><description><![CDATA[All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The celestial order and the beauty of the universe compel me to admit that there is some excellent and eternal Being, who deserves the respect and homage of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16436]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19883]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5348]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are all kinds of forms that have to be filled in on the typewriter. I don't know why, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37016]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are all kinds of forms that have to be filled in on the typewriter. I don't know why, but universities are one of the worst for insisting on forms. There is absolutely no sense to it. They insist on putting all the information into a little box.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A healthy mind has an easy breath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65716]]></link><description><![CDATA[A healthy mind has an easy breath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63423]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habits of close attention, thinking heads, Become more rare as dissipation spreads,  Till authors hear at length one general ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habits of close attention, thinking heads, Become more rare as dissipation spreads,  Till authors hear at length one general cry   Tickle and entertain us, or we die!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love!  Hearts that the world in vain had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love!  Hearts that the world in vain had tried,   And sorrow but more closely tied;    That stood the storm when waves were rough,     Yet in a sunny hour fall off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains,  Dungeon, or beggary, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4339]]></link><description><![CDATA[O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains,  Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vine and the GoatA vine was luxuriant in the time of vintage with leaves and grapes. A Goat, passing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Vine and the GoatA vine was luxuriant in the time of vintage with leaves and grapes. A Goat, passing by, nibbled its young tendrils and its leaves. The Vine addressed him and said: Why do you thus injure me without a cause, and crop my leaves? Is there no young grass left? But I shall not have to wait long for my just revenge; for if you now should crop my leaves, and cut me down to my root, I shall provide the wine to pour over you when you are led as a victim to the sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21154]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64457]]></link><description><![CDATA[The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he would tell you he wasn't very happy with the way he played overall last year. He's worked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he would tell you he wasn't very happy with the way he played overall last year. He's worked hard in individual workouts, and I know he has some big goals for this season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32296</guid></item></channel></rss>