<?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[Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What people say behind your back is your standing in the community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17922]]></link><description><![CDATA[What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16190]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[has destroyed the whole base of life for people and other creatures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35608]]></link><description><![CDATA[has destroyed the whole base of life for people and other creatures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I've stopped wearing huge trousers I can't wear boxer shorts. I wear thongs. When I first wore them I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I've stopped wearing huge trousers I can't wear boxer shorts. I wear thongs. When I first wore them I felt rude, I kept seeing my bare bum - then I liked it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose To wage against the emnity o' th' air,  To be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44065]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose To wage against the emnity o' th' air,  To be a comrade with the wolf and owl,   Necessity's sharp pinch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44976]]></link><description><![CDATA[For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spinsters and the knitters in the sun And the free maids that weave their thread with bones Do use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55751]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spinsters and the knitters in the sun And the free maids that weave their thread with bones Do use to chant it: it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just take the ball and throw it where you want to. Throw strikes. Home plate don't move.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I asked Alan if he knew of any mentoring programs, and he told me to put my resume together and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32718]]></link><description><![CDATA[I asked Alan if he knew of any mentoring programs, and he told me to put my resume together and he'd get it in the hands of other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46830]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism consists largely in saying "Lord Jones died" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalism consists largely in saying "Lord Jones died" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no evil without its compensation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51200]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no evil without its compensation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31021]]></link><description><![CDATA[If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49034]]></link><description><![CDATA[A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We view this campaign more as a marathon than we do a sprint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39294]]></link><description><![CDATA[We view this campaign more as a marathon than we do a sprint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alias is, perhaps typically, a puzzle this year, ... The Vaughn storyline is not what it seems, but that's all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alias is, perhaps typically, a puzzle this year, ... The Vaughn storyline is not what it seems, but that's all I can say, or the writers will kill me. They know where I live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never had the dollars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31220]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never had the dollars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better not to be at all Than not to be noble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better not to be at all Than not to be noble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a good initiative to resolve the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35730]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a good initiative to resolve the situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites. [Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites. [Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If by ‘about’ you mean ‘in a circle around,’ then yes, we’re doing something about the problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66290]]></link><description><![CDATA[If by ‘about’ you mean ‘in a circle around,’ then yes, we’re doing something about the problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward! Thou little valiant, great in villany! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side! Thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward! Thou little valiant, great in villany! Thou ever strong upon the stronger side! Thou Fortune's champion that dost never fight But when her humorous ladyship is by To teach thee safety. -King John. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46092]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thru' chinks of his cavern.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it. -ALBERT SCHWEITZER.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child  Than the sea-monster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous when thou show'st thee in a child  Than the sea-monster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a fun group and I knew there was a competitive bent, but I just didn't know how competitive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41754]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a fun group and I knew there was a competitive bent, but I just didn't know how competitive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17038]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am looking forward to having the best season that I can have. Hopefully, we can play as a team ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39372]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am looking forward to having the best season that I can have. Hopefully, we can play as a team and go all the way this year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who wins may have been counted out several times but he didn'thear the referee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who wins may have been counted out several times but he didn'thear the referee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I understand his decision as much as I hate to see him leave. He's a fine man, and I just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36892]]></link><description><![CDATA[I understand his decision as much as I hate to see him leave. He's a fine man, and I just can't say enough good things about him and what he meant to the program.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53164]]></link><description><![CDATA[An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/185]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56768]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A number of individuals were injured. One Metropolitan Campus student received a gunshot wound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42398]]></link><description><![CDATA[A number of individuals were injured. One Metropolitan Campus student received a gunshot wound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And taste The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,  For he who much has suffer'd, much will know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58201]]></link><description><![CDATA[And taste The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,  For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37121]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised taste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we did a great job and our kids wrestled well. My hat's off to San Clemente ---- they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we did a great job and our kids wrestled well. My hat's off to San Clemente ---- they were banged up and their kids still came out with a lot of heart and put it all on the line. I have a lot of respect for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is after all a kind of mind reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who pleases one against his will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who pleases one against his will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46699</guid></item></channel></rss>