<?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[At a certain point he was very popular, from THE RAVEN. He was never fully appreciated, never made the money, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38791]]></link><description><![CDATA[At a certain point he was very popular, from THE RAVEN. He was never fully appreciated, never made the money, and you know he was looked upon with admiration by some people, but also as an oddball. But that was his point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who first shortened the labor of Copyists by device of Movable Types was disbanding hired armies and cashiering most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48248]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who first shortened the labor of Copyists by device of Movable Types was disbanding hired armies and cashiering most Kings and Senates, and creating a whole new Democratic world: he had invented the Art of printing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offense?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21672]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the good of being a genius if you cannot use it as an excuse for being unemployed?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The berries of the brier rose Have lost their rounded pride:  The bitter-sweet chrysanthemums   Are drooping heavy-eyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16259]]></link><description><![CDATA[The berries of the brier rose Have lost their rounded pride:  The bitter-sweet chrysanthemums   Are drooping heavy-eyed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.   - Ralph Waldo ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.   - Ralph Waldo Emerson,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are like bras: close to your heart and there for support.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52059]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature means Necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature means Necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was proud the way we came back after the loss. We did a much better job offensively and defensively ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37541]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was proud the way we came back after the loss. We did a much better job offensively and defensively in the second game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is suffering so very serious? I have come to doubt it. It may be quite childish, a sort of undignified pastime -- I'm referring to the kind of suffering a man inflicts on a woman or a woman on a man. It's extremely painful. I agree that it's hardly bearable. But I very much fear that this sort of pain deserves no consideration at all. It's no more worthy of respect than old age or illness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It always seems impossible until its done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58026]]></link><description><![CDATA[It always seems impossible until its done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now comes the mystery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now comes the mystery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach,  And, if it can, at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/431]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach,  And, if it can, at once both please and preach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32001]]></link><description><![CDATA[One layer was certainly 17th century. The 18th century in him is obvious. There was the 19th century, and a large slice, of course, of the 20th century; and another, curious layer which may possibly have been the 21st.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He, in his developed manhood, stood, a little sunburn by the glare of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62211]]></link><description><![CDATA[He, in his developed manhood, stood, a little sunburn by the glare of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The internet is a great way to get on the net. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9365]]></link><description><![CDATA[The internet is a great way to get on the net.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20169]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the working man's house hunger looks in but dares not enter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62814]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16752]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to avenge a friend than to mourn for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A really plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5779]]></link><description><![CDATA[A really plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody on a championship team doesn't get publicity, but everyone can say he's a champion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35740]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as I mentioned before, we were back of seven, eight years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24754]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I found out they were moving the game, I told my AD to call the FHSAA and tell them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33966]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I found out they were moving the game, I told my AD to call the FHSAA and tell them don't move it, don't change the game because of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see your drama clearly is to be liberated from it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22630]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see your drama clearly is to be liberated from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[…for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the Devils workshop... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20324]]></link><description><![CDATA[…for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the Devils workshop...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cleverness is not wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cleverness is not wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I can do is what I think is right. I've always tried to build relationships with people on campus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38134]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I can do is what I think is right. I've always tried to build relationships with people on campus, and I think they know what kind of person I am. ... I think I feel as secure as I can be, given the situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59326]]></link><description><![CDATA[How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever. . -David Norris.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50748]]></link><description><![CDATA[No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manny:'Thats wat you do in a herd, you look out for each other.' Sid:'I dont know about you guys but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Manny:'Thats wat you do in a herd, you look out for each other.' Sid:'I dont know about you guys but we are the weirdest herd I have ever seen.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He doth entreat your grace, my noble lord, To visit him to-morrow or next day:  He is within, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26794]]></link><description><![CDATA[He doth entreat your grace, my noble lord, To visit him to-morrow or next day:  He is within, with two right reverend fathers,   Divinely bent to meditation,    And in no worldly suits would he be moved     To draw him from his holy exercise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[birthday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4273]]></link><description><![CDATA[birthday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercy to living beings, self restraint, truth, honesty, chastity and contentment, right faith and knowledge, and austerity are but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mercy to living beings, self restraint, truth, honesty, chastity and contentment, right faith and knowledge, and austerity are but the entourage of morality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep telling them to please review my magazine and compare it with ... adult men's lifestyle magazines already in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34722]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep telling them to please review my magazine and compare it with ... adult men's lifestyle magazines already in Indonesia. But they keep telling me to change the name Playboy, not the content. It's ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34722</guid></item></channel></rss>