<?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[We do not bear sweets; we are recruited by a bitter potion. [Lat., Dulcia non ferimus; succo renovamus amaro.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26703]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not bear sweets; we are recruited by a bitter potion. [Lat., Dulcia non ferimus; succo renovamus amaro.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worthy books Are not companions--they are solitudes:  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worthy books Are not companions--they are solitudes:  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether it's one dollar from a kid, or five, 10 or 20 dollars from an adult, it all adds up, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether it's one dollar from a kid, or five, 10 or 20 dollars from an adult, it all adds up,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1249]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12077]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46836]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a poet and as a mathematician, he would reason well; as a mere mathematician, he could not have reasoned at all, and thus would have been at the mercy of the Prefect]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22150]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting. - Benchley -- or Else!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How fading are the joys we dote upon! Like apparitions seen and gone;  But those which soonest take their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23433]]></link><description><![CDATA[How fading are the joys we dote upon! Like apparitions seen and gone;  But those which soonest take their flight   Are the most exquisite and strong;    Like angel's visits short and bright,     Mortality's too weak to bear them long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46037]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept failure as a normal part of living. View it as part of the process of exploring your world; make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept failure as a normal part of living. View it as part of the process of exploring your world; make a note of its lessons and move on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's more paine to doe nothing then something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49579]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's more paine to doe nothing then something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1837]]></link><description><![CDATA[At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a company, why would I take the risk? I don't think there's a major advertiser that will take the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38617]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a company, why would I take the risk? I don't think there's a major advertiser that will take the chance, even if he's reinstated, not unless there's a whole lot of other evidence came out that he never did anything wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42236]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a game that somebody ought to put a stop to -- trying to get dirt on jurors. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28732]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a game that somebody ought to put a stop to -- trying to get dirt on jurors. We shouldn't be asking about 40-year-old arrests. Why do we need it? So these lawyers can play all of these strategic games?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the Most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the Most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any Motive of poetry But to achieve clarity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. -Robert Frost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. -Robert Frost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They sing, they will pay. [Fr., Ils chantent, ils payeront.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56461]]></link><description><![CDATA[They sing, they will pay. [Fr., Ils chantent, ils payeront.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if it's going to be a painful few days or two years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37691]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if it's going to be a painful few days or two years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. [Galatians 5:23, 24]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21121]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. [Galatians 5:23, 24].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other sports play once a week but this sport is with us every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to get a deterrent effect to let people know we don't want to do this. We would rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32338]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to get a deterrent effect to let people know we don't want to do this. We would rather have people just not commit the crimes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/404]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15440]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They really deserved asylum. The conditions that Chavez is subjecting people to - he's torturing people. There's one person to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42217]]></link><description><![CDATA[They really deserved asylum. The conditions that Chavez is subjecting people to - he's torturing people. There's one person to blame for all of this, and it's Hugo Chavez.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of teams out there have these great records, but who did they play? We played those teams with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38313]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of teams out there have these great records, but who did they play? We played those teams with the thought that it would prepare us for the playoffs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58220]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes underpressure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57670]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes underpressure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cat would eat fish, and would not wet her feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5317]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cat would eat fish, and would not wet her feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can confirm our objective is for very significant growth this year. This is the first time that we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30098]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can confirm our objective is for very significant growth this year. This is the first time that we have done this at this point in the year, which demonstrates our confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being on sea saile, being on land settle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being on sea saile, being on land settle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When eating an elephant take one bite at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32260]]></link><description><![CDATA[When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are one people and will act as one. [Ger., Wir sind ein Volk, und einig wollen wir handeln.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60144]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are one people and will act as one. [Ger., Wir sind ein Volk, und einig wollen wir handeln.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And gazed around them to the left and right With the prophetic eye of appetite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2894]]></link><description><![CDATA[And gazed around them to the left and right With the prophetic eye of appetite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has very small and delicate ears. It's not all flour corn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39432]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has very small and delicate ears. It's not all flour corn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25697]]></link><description><![CDATA[True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This appears to be a very viable solution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33937]]></link><description><![CDATA[This appears to be a very viable solution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The revulsion from an unwanted self, and the impulse to forget it, mask it, slough it off and lose it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56870]]></link><description><![CDATA[The revulsion from an unwanted self, and the impulse to forget it, mask it, slough it off and lose it, produce both a readiness to sacrifice the self and a willingness to dissolve it by losing one's individual distinctness in a compact collective whole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2154]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate, For morning dreams, as poets tell, are true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate, For morning dreams, as poets tell, are true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12861</guid></item></channel></rss>