<?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[Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23754]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri had rolled a cloud under his head, and he was snoring serenely near the fountain of Salsabil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The driver (of the Mobil truck) was soaked in gas, ... He had tried to stop it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35569]]></link><description><![CDATA[The driver (of the Mobil truck) was soaked in gas, ... He had tried to stop it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something made of nothing, tasting very sweet, A most delicious compound, with ingredients complete;  But if as on occasion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something made of nothing, tasting very sweet, A most delicious compound, with ingredients complete;  But if as on occasion the heart and mind are sour,   It has no great significance, it loses half its power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since I've been here a long time, I forget. I can speak it, but sometimes I have to go to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since I've been here a long time, I forget. I can speak it, but sometimes I have to go to my mom and dad for a word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2201]]></link><description><![CDATA[That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chide him for faults, and do it reverently, When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,  But, being moody, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chide him for faults, and do it reverently, When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth,  But, being moody, give him time and scope,   Till that his passions, like a whale on ground,    Confound themselves with working.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50584]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew we'd have to bring our 'A' game, ... But I never expected our best score in the state ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28791]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew we'd have to bring our 'A' game, ... But I never expected our best score in the state tournament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15008]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows  To beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54927]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows  To beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/971]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49354]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not getting any clamoring (for a special session) from constituents or anybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30782]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not getting any clamoring (for a special session) from constituents or anybody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the irresistable desire to be desired irresistably. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the irresistable desire to be desired irresistably.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success breeds confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success breeds confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52828]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63330]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future pluses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66779]]></link><description><![CDATA[A birthday is just another day where you go to work and people give you love. Age is just a state of mind, and you are as old as you think you are. You have to count your blessings and be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10955]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got a lot of loose balls and tipped rebounds. Our big guys did a good job down low. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29737]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got a lot of loose balls and tipped rebounds. Our big guys did a good job down low. That ... proved to be the difference in the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35302]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some pray to marry the man they love, my prayer will somewhat vary; I humbly pray to Heaven above that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some pray to marry the man they love, my prayer will somewhat vary; I humbly pray to Heaven above that I love the man I marry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61735]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kind reader! take your choice to cry or laugh; Here Harod lies--but where's his Epitaph?  If such you seek, try Westminister, and view   Ten thousand, just as fit for him as you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53671]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundation of all morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying; to give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibilities of knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8754]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For ever and a day. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55682]]></link><description><![CDATA[For ever and a day. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He told the people the truth - not the whole truth, but it was the first time in Russian history ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41251]]></link><description><![CDATA[He told the people the truth - not the whole truth, but it was the first time in Russian history that a leader has told the people the bitter truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York's such a wonderful city. Although I was at the library today. The guys are very rude. I said, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44427]]></link><description><![CDATA[New York's such a wonderful city. Although I was at the library today. The guys are very rude. I said, "I'd like a card." He says, "You have to prove you're a citizen of New York." So I stabbed him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your life is what your thoughts make it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your life is what your thoughts make it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humble things become the humble. [Lat., Parvum parva decent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humble things become the humble. [Lat., Parvum parva decent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By studying the masters and not their pupils. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24518]]></link><description><![CDATA[By studying the masters and not their pupils.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5474]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by chance that we met, by choice that we became friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people lose their ties to the land they grow corrupt. Inevitably, they grow corrupt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23980]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people lose their ties to the land they grow corrupt. Inevitably, they grow corrupt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The president's decree to withdraw from the Council of CIS Defense Ministers does not mean that Georgia is withdrawing from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35650]]></link><description><![CDATA[The president's decree to withdraw from the Council of CIS Defense Ministers does not mean that Georgia is withdrawing from the Commonwealth of Independent States.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Covetousnesse breaks the bag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Covetousnesse breaks the bag.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13986]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work thou not on energized equipment, for if thou dost, thy fellow workers will surely buy beers for thy widow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work thou not on energized equipment, for if thou dost, thy fellow workers will surely buy beers for thy widow and console her in other ways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's unlikely that you'll get a bear market because the fundamentals are too good. On the other hand, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37126]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's unlikely that you'll get a bear market because the fundamentals are too good. On the other hand, you're not going to make new highs in the market as long as we have uncertainty in terms of interest rates,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53991</guid></item></channel></rss>