<?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[Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an ill, it doubles his fault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an ill, it doubles his fault.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fancy the Gracchi complaining of treason!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to be careful in this era of radical feminism, not to emphasize an equality of the sexes that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15578]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to be careful in this era of radical feminism, not to emphasize an equality of the sexes that leads women to imitate men to prove their equality. To be equal does not mean you have to be the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can look back at that and say the injury bug bit us a little, but that's why you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39948]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can look back at that and say the injury bug bit us a little, but that's why you have 15 guys on the team. When somebody goes down, other people have to step up and take the challenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17588]]></link><description><![CDATA[They whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe had the opportunity to wrestle at 189, but for the sake of the team he wrestled at 215 so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joe had the opportunity to wrestle at 189, but for the sake of the team he wrestled at 215 so a teammate could wrestle in the region. He could have had an easier time qualifying for the state at 189, but you have to admire someone who puts their teammates first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living well is the best revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living well is the best revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe, we are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3120]]></link><description><![CDATA[The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who are the violets now That strew the green lap of the new-come spring? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who are the violets now That strew the green lap of the new-come spring?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest conquerer is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You had good earnings out of Pfizer, good earnings out of Merrill Lynch , several dividend increases and eBay shares ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37901]]></link><description><![CDATA[You had good earnings out of Pfizer, good earnings out of Merrill Lynch , several dividend increases and eBay shares that have performed better than expected. It's creating a transitory early rally as it's still too early to say whether it will hold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person -- they have a plan, an ideology, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2067]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person -- they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are going to have a functioning and healthy democratic society, we need to be open to civil discourse. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35840]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are going to have a functioning and healthy democratic society, we need to be open to civil discourse. In other words, we have to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She said that she had a nice big house, had a big back yard and other children to watch. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28991]]></link><description><![CDATA[She said that she had a nice big house, had a big back yard and other children to watch. I said that sounds really good, because Melissa loves to play outside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell has three gates: lust, anger, and greed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need a full accounting of the Bush administration's spending on advertising, PR, and fake news. It's time for Congress ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32179]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need a full accounting of the Bush administration's spending on advertising, PR, and fake news. It's time for Congress to reclaim its constitutional role as a counterweight to the executive branch and permanently cut off funding for covert propaganda. We must ensure that taxpayer money isn't being spent by the White House to secretly manipulate the American public.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest people will be those who possess the best capacities, cultivated with the best habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52135]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest people will be those who possess the best capacities, cultivated with the best habits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66517]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic: an instrument used for bolstering a prejudice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her pattern was when a child started crying, she couldn't stand it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her pattern was when a child started crying, she couldn't stand it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is hated by all can not expect to live long. [Fr., Qui vit hai de tous ne saurait ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18846]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is hated by all can not expect to live long. [Fr., Qui vit hai de tous ne saurait longtemps vivre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47560]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63334]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the big hurdles to overcome is kids attitude toward science. Some kids think science is boring or they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33877]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the big hurdles to overcome is kids attitude toward science. Some kids think science is boring or they say I just don't understand it. You work around that by making it interesting and fun and relevant for kids.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the first time I rode on an elephant and I thoroughly enjoyed the safari. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39001]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the first time I rode on an elephant and I thoroughly enjoyed the safari.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold Will tempt unto a close exploit of death? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold Will tempt unto a close exploit of death?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66179]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good artists copy, great artists steal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good artists copy, great artists steal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love makes all hard hearts gentle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love makes all hard hearts gentle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obedience alone gives the right to command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obedience alone gives the right to command.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love prefers twilight to daylight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love prefers twilight to daylight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So often, it's the men and their business dealings that make it down through history. But this gives us a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40130]]></link><description><![CDATA[So often, it's the men and their business dealings that make it down through history. But this gives us a chance to look at the females of these times and the strong roles they played in society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58172]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is successful who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of the intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never in my life have I ever been accused of not talking. Dan and I both ad lib. Neither one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never in my life have I ever been accused of not talking. Dan and I both ad lib. Neither one of us can keep our mouth shut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come to me now! O, come! benignest sleep! And fold me up, as evening doth a flower,  From my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come to me now! O, come! benignest sleep! And fold me up, as evening doth a flower,  From my vain self, and vain things which have power   Upon my soul to make me smile or weep.    And when thou comest, oh, like Death be deep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were more skilled. They threw the ball well, caught the ball well and found the open man better than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29501]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were more skilled. They threw the ball well, caught the ball well and found the open man better than us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53326]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decrepit miser! base ignoble wretch! I am descended of a gentler blood.  Thou art no father nor friend of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Decrepit miser! base ignoble wretch! I am descended of a gentler blood.  Thou art no father nor friend of mine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65375]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3002]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience of research; sober things, because they narrow hope; the deeper things of nature, from superstition; the light of experience, from arrogance and pride; things not commonly believed, out of deference to the opinion of the vulgar. Numberless in short are the ways, and sometimes imperceptible, in which the affections color and infect the understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat to him the words of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62031]]></link><description><![CDATA[He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat to him the words of gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation. It has nothing to do with the relation of the soul to God, or with mystic insight, or with any of the matters with which the more elevated and spiritual moralists are co]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand, And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand, And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18263</guid></item></channel></rss>