<?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[Humor is mankind's greatest blessing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In common things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13054]]></link><description><![CDATA[In common things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3085]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persevere in virtue and diligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persevere in virtue and diligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will go back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[California sunlight - sweet Calcutta rain - Honolulu starbright - the song remains the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57204]]></link><description><![CDATA[California sunlight - sweet Calcutta rain - Honolulu starbright - the song remains the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54210]]></link><description><![CDATA[That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8714]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37095]]></link><description><![CDATA[A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kallis is a methodical run machine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kallis is a methodical run machine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Cicero, I have seen tempests when the scolding winds  Have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57905]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Cicero, I have seen tempests when the scolding winds  Have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen   Th' ambitious ocean swell and rage and foam    To be exalted with the threat'ning clouds;     But never till to-night, never till now,      Did I go through a tempest dropping fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We won. That is all that matters in tournaments. If you win by one you're happy and that's all you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34202]]></link><description><![CDATA[We won. That is all that matters in tournaments. If you win by one you're happy and that's all you can say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leading indicators have been strong the last few months, and that's telling us we're going to see very strong acceleration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leading indicators have been strong the last few months, and that's telling us we're going to see very strong acceleration in first-quarter growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is just like the story of Al Capone. In the end he will be caught on tax evasion, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36765]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is just like the story of Al Capone. In the end he will be caught on tax evasion, and not because of the worst crimes he committed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was the fullness of time, when Christ Jesus did come, that the Messiah should come. It was so to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8226]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was the fullness of time, when Christ Jesus did come, that the Messiah should come. It was so to the Jews, and it was so to the Gentiles too... Christ hath excommunicated no nation, no shire, no house, no man; He gives none of His ministers leave to say to any man, thou art not redeemed; He gives no wounded or afflicted conscience leave to say to itself, I am not redeemed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60184]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better late than never. [Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better late than never. [Lat., Potius sero quam nunquam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,  The bird of dawning singeth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,  The bird of dawning singeth all night long,   And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad,    The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,     No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm.      So hallowed and so gracious is that time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not envy a sinner; you don't know what disaster awaits him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My occupation is solely that of a painter.No one can argue with pictures(re descriptions in Uncle Tom's Cabin). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62387]]></link><description><![CDATA[My occupation is solely that of a painter.No one can argue with pictures(re descriptions in Uncle Tom's Cabin).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex is an emotion in motion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex is an emotion in motion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said it got lost somewhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37756]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said it got lost somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Builders are using every nook and cranny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Builders are using every nook and cranny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62421]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51755]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you will, they wont, when you wont, they will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46292]]></link><description><![CDATA[A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger always comes from frustrated expectations ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger always comes from frustrated expectations]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To liken them to your auld-warld squad, I must needs say comparisons are odd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9146]]></link><description><![CDATA[To liken them to your auld-warld squad, I must needs say comparisons are odd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Daughter is a Little Girl who grows up to be a Friend ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5931]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Daughter is a Little Girl who grows up to be a Friend]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27930]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm as pure as the driven slush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52597]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm as pure as the driven slush.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolution: in politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolution: in politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now see the capitalist system being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contrary to the vulgar belief that men are motivated primarily by materialistic considerations, we now see the capitalist system being discredited and destroyed all over the world, even though this system has given men the greatest material comforts]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best policy is to declare victory and leave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best policy is to declare victory and leave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An adventure is only an inconvenience, rightly considered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22340]]></link><description><![CDATA[An adventure is only an inconvenience, rightly considered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coward only threatens when he is safe. [Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coward only threatens when he is safe. [Ger., Der Fiege droht nur, wo er sicher ist.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40150]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night and then as its mausoleum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh goodie, goth mimes. The best of both worlds. They pretend they're trapped in a box and then whine about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh goodie, goth mimes. The best of both worlds. They pretend they're trapped in a box and then whine about how cruel and unfair it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You got people going home, with people seeing they got nothing and spotting a house that's high and dry. It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30727]]></link><description><![CDATA[You got people going home, with people seeing they got nothing and spotting a house that's high and dry. It's a sad situation. Illegal, nonetheless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47851]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was happy with our decision-making down the stretch. That's probably the best we've done with that this year. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35471]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was happy with our decision-making down the stretch. That's probably the best we've done with that this year. We had seen Central come back before, but we managed the game well in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35471</guid></item></channel></rss>