<?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[Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times. And now how abhorred in my imagination it is!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17663]]></link><description><![CDATA[One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Effective health care depends on self-care; this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18049]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27011]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be merry if you are wise. [Lat., Ride si sapis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be merry if you are wise. [Lat., Ride si sapis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had quite a few vehicles slide off the highway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30796]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had quite a few vehicles slide off the highway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the rush to rebuild in the southern states, Americans should pause to think more deeply about what it would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33214]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the rush to rebuild in the southern states, Americans should pause to think more deeply about what it would take to create more equitable and healthier communities in New Orleans and throughout the affected area,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47707]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One hand washeth another, and both the face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49693]]></link><description><![CDATA[One hand washeth another, and both the face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13575]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship. -Mark Twain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36462]]></link><description><![CDATA[In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We keep the day. With festal cheer, With books and music, surely we  Will drink to him, whate'er he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15595]]></link><description><![CDATA[We keep the day. With festal cheer, With books and music, surely we  Will drink to him, whate'er he be,   And sing the songs he loved to hear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shadow of a mighty name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50594]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shadow of a mighty name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we would storm heaven itself in our folly. [Lat., Nil mortalibus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we would storm heaven itself in our folly. [Lat., Nil mortalibus arduum est:  Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His cares are now all ended. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55940]]></link><description><![CDATA[His cares are now all ended. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we have adversity we oftentimes tend to look around and think that we're the Lone Ranger. We tend to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57727]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we have adversity we oftentimes tend to look around and think that we're the Lone Ranger. We tend to believe that we're the only one who has problems. And we always look around and see others who are more talented, taller, smarter, handsomer, or faster. I can assure you, everyone has problems—even football coaches. The ability we have to handle this adversity will determine the degree of success that we will have in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a mob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63646]]></link><description><![CDATA[A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nets not stretched to catch the hawk, Or kite, who do us wrong; but laid for those  Who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18898]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nets not stretched to catch the hawk, Or kite, who do us wrong; but laid for those  Who do us none at all.   [Lat., Non rete accipitri tenditur, neque miluo,    Qui male faciunt nobis: illis qui nihil faciunt tenditur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe a casual fan will take his kid to see [Pittsburgh Penguins No. 1 draft pick] Sidney Crosby. Will he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe a casual fan will take his kid to see [Pittsburgh Penguins No. 1 draft pick] Sidney Crosby. Will he go 41 other times? I don't think so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17074]]></link><description><![CDATA[For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blind man can see his mouth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4333]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blind man can see his mouth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ZOOLOGY, n. The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly ("Musca maledicta"). The father ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62686]]></link><description><![CDATA[ZOOLOGY, n. The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly ("Musca maledicta"). The father of Zoology was Aristotle, as is universally conceded, but the name of its mother has not come down to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night,  Melting the darkness, so their rising senses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11089]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night,  Melting the darkness, so their rising senses   Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle    Their clearer reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone was encouraging to each other. It was more of a 'team' kind of thing; it wasn't like a tryout ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone was encouraging to each other. It was more of a 'team' kind of thing; it wasn't like a tryout or anything. I'd played against a lot of the guys at the Combine, so we all kind of had a mutual respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26947]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice is the child of ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice is the child of ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither bribe nor loose thy right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither bribe nor loose thy right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8709]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Sin is not only manifested in certain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Sin is not only manifested in certain acts that are forbidden by divine command. Sin also appears in attitudes and dispositions and feelings. Lust and hate are sins as well as adultery and murder. And, in the traditional Christian view, despair and chronic boredom -- unaccompanied by any vicious act -- are serious sins. They are expressions of man's separation from God, as the ultimate good, meaning, and end of human existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's going to be an awesome experience to serve people. Most people in college think spring break is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31593]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's going to be an awesome experience to serve people. Most people in college think spring break is going down to the beach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The child of misery, baptized in tears! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42763]]></link><description><![CDATA[The child of misery, baptized in tears!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50906]]></link><description><![CDATA[In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, ah, Cytherea! Adonis is dead. She wept tear after tear, with the blood which was shed,--  And both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, ah, Cytherea! Adonis is dead. She wept tear after tear, with the blood which was shed,--  And both turned into flowers for the earth's garden-close;   Her tears, to the wind-flower,--his blood, to the rose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applause waits on success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applause waits on success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19496]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation is the one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babe was a wonderful person. He was just a big kid who loved the limelight. If 500 children were waiting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Babe was a wonderful person. He was just a big kid who loved the limelight. If 500 children were waiting for his autograph, he'd stand there and sign for each one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17916</guid></item></channel></rss>