<?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[My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10158]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56035]]></link><description><![CDATA['T is better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. -King Henry VIII. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See they suffer death, But in their deaths remember they are men,  Strain not the laws to make their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52546]]></link><description><![CDATA[See they suffer death, But in their deaths remember they are men,  Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse, quam videri volunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should banded unions persecute Opinions, and induce a time  When single thought is civil crime,   And individual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Should banded unions persecute Opinions, and induce a time  When single thought is civil crime,   And individual freedom mute,    . . . .     Then waft me from the harbour's mouth,      Wild wind, I seek a warmer sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have always been praying for India-Pakistan friendship and I think now those prayers are being answered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36728]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have always been praying for India-Pakistan friendship and I think now those prayers are being answered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54882]]></link><description><![CDATA[May every young scientist remember... and not fail to keep his eyes open for the possibility that an irritating failure of his apparatus to give consistent results may once or twice in a lifetime conceal an important discovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think our motivation is that we're operating on good faith. Our incentive is that we want to be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think our motivation is that we're operating on good faith. Our incentive is that we want to be a part of the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43601]]></link><description><![CDATA[A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It just frees you to be more honest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39264]]></link><description><![CDATA[It just frees you to be more honest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think under Jacques, we were very much a team that played extremely well defensively, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32574]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think under Jacques, we were very much a team that played extremely well defensively,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to be the leading investment bank in the world, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39094]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to be the leading investment bank in the world,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47147]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you think then that revolutions are made with rose water? [Fr., Voulez-vous donc qu'on vous fasse des revolutions a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you think then that revolutions are made with rose water? [Fr., Voulez-vous donc qu'on vous fasse des revolutions a l'eau-rose?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49355]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath no ill fortune is troubled with good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's best friends are his ten fingers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23960]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's best friends are his ten fingers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2413]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This all happened pretty quickly. [Whittington] did not announce - which would be protocol - 'Hey, it's me, I'm coming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39563]]></link><description><![CDATA[This all happened pretty quickly. [Whittington] did not announce - which would be protocol - 'Hey, it's me, I'm coming up.' He didn't do what he was supposed to do. So when a bird flushed and the vice president swung in to shoot it, Harry was where the bird was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When May, with cowslip-braided locks, Walks through the land in green attire.  And burns in meadow-grass the phlox  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26624]]></link><description><![CDATA[When May, with cowslip-braided locks, Walks through the land in green attire.  And burns in meadow-grass the phlox   His torch of purple fire:    . . . .     And when the punctual May arrives,      With cowslip-garland on her brow,       We know what once she gave our lives,        And cannot give us now!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, and we've already taken all the classes and shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, and we've already taken all the classes and shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64348]]></link><description><![CDATA[For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been an attitudinal shift in the railways. They are trying to respond to market needs, but there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31475]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been an attitudinal shift in the railways. They are trying to respond to market needs, but there is no denying the fact that the government of India is not able to invest in infrastructure in the way that China is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44596]]></link><description><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ask Joe to do a lot for us. He's going to get his touches and create a lot for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31692]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ask Joe to do a lot for us. He's going to get his touches and create a lot for us on offense. But if we (UW-L's guards) are able to hit our shots, that takes a lot of pressure off of him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because they are older, more mature players, they're playing with a little more reckless abandon. It's all about getting 11 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because they are older, more mature players, they're playing with a little more reckless abandon. It's all about getting 11 people swarming to the ball, gang tackling. We're doing a lot better job of that this year, a lot more like were accustomed to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still fisheth he that catcheth one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still fisheth he that catcheth one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no knowledge that is not power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47960]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no knowledge that is not power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are finally starting to click and run our transition like we knew we could. We are throwing and catching ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39277]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are finally starting to click and run our transition like we knew we could. We are throwing and catching like we do in practice, and we are finally getting settled down in a game situation. Our defense seems to be clicking really nicely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun had sunk and the summer skies Were dotted with specks of light  That melted soon in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun had sunk and the summer skies Were dotted with specks of light  That melted soon in the deep moon-rise   That flowed over Groton Height.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43711]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century  If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century  If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour ye can learn more from Him than ye could learn from Man in a thousand years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The learned man knows that he is ignorant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64677]]></link><description><![CDATA[The learned man knows that he is ignorant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22221]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist  It takes a determined effort of the mind to break free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist  It takes a determined effort of the mind to break free from the error of making books an end in themselves. The worst thing a book can do for a Christian is to leave him with the impression that he has received from it anything really good; the best it can do is to point the way to the Good he is seeking. The function of a good book is to stand like a signpost directing the reader toward the Truth and the Life. That book serves best which early makes itself unnecessary, just as a signpost serves best after it is forgotten, after the traveler has arrived safely at his desired haven. The work of a good book is to incite the reader to moral action, to turn his eves toward God and urge him forward. Beyond that it cannot go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before, beside us, and above The firefly lights his lamp of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before, beside us, and above The firefly lights his lamp of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the effect of intoxication. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12440]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have made an important discovery... that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, produces all the effect of intoxication.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12440</guid></item></channel></rss>