<?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[The technique and mind are just like the front and back of one’s hand, meaning they are very closely related. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23553]]></link><description><![CDATA[The technique and mind are just like the front and back of one’s hand, meaning they are very closely related.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23534]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are wiser than we know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26299]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are wiser than we know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live for today for tomorrow never comes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live for today for tomorrow never comes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the industrious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb. [Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4121]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb. [Lat., Nunquam aedepol temere tinniit tintinnabulum;  Nisi quis illud tractat aut movet, mutum est, tacet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you change your offense, there will be a transition period and you'll have some rough spots. I was fairly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31200]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you change your offense, there will be a transition period and you'll have some rough spots. I was fairly impressed, for asking them to make a change in two weeks. It was a great job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18946]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is a fruit that grows in man, like a fruit on a plant, or a child in its mother's womb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tush! tush! fear boys with bugs. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tush! tush! fear boys with bugs. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King of the peak and glacier, King of the cold, white scalps,  He lifts his head at that close ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13095]]></link><description><![CDATA[King of the peak and glacier, King of the cold, white scalps,  He lifts his head at that close tread,   The eagle of the Alps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when men league themselves mightily together to promote tolerance and peace on earth, they are likely to be violently intolerant toward those not of a like mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman should be an illusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20479]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman should be an illusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58139]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of service.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Bellenden we needs must praise, Who as down the stairs she jumps  Sings o'er the hill and far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43421]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Bellenden we needs must praise, Who as down the stairs she jumps  Sings o'er the hill and far away,   Despising doleful dumps.   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But what will not ambition and revenge Descend to? who aspires must down as low  As high he soar'd, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2335]]></link><description><![CDATA[But what will not ambition and revenge Descend to? who aspires must down as low  As high he soar'd, obnoxious first and last   To basest things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55315]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who eates his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15361]]></link><description><![CDATA[A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take it and return it: the kiss of love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take it and return it: the kiss of love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45209]]></link><description><![CDATA[The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32515]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62849]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46789]]></link><description><![CDATA[When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to t'other world? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61386]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your Riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to t'other world?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65641]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illusion is the first of all pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illusion is the first of all pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13197]]></link><description><![CDATA[He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have played six games this season but this is the first time we have played well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40196]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have played six games this season but this is the first time we have played well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poets alone are sure of immortality; they are the truest diviners of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poets alone are sure of immortality; they are the truest diviners of nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The period which marked the enormous statistical success of the revival churches was also the period which saw membership standards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The period which marked the enormous statistical success of the revival churches was also the period which saw membership standards decline almost to the vanishing point. Today the [various denominations] don't even have enough authority to keep their members out of mob violence, let alone hold them to difficult standards of theological or ethical or moral excellence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49085]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42531]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big effect on the people who consume it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never less alone, than when alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never less alone, than when alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've essentially doubled our population, doubled our load, over the last 23 years. Yet we have not added any new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37896]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've essentially doubled our population, doubled our load, over the last 23 years. Yet we have not added any new infrastructure to serve that, from the standpoint of transmission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23231]]></link><description><![CDATA[People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But where are the snows of yester year? [Fr., Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56721]]></link><description><![CDATA[But where are the snows of yester year? [Fr., Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since Heaven's eternal year is thine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since Heaven's eternal year is thine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boldness is a child of ignorance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boldness is a child of ignorance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This could be our new favorite place to play. I hope it's not long till we come back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30536]]></link><description><![CDATA[This could be our new favorite place to play. I hope it's not long till we come back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some day Love shall claim his own Some day Right ascend his throne,  Some day hidden Truth be known; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some day Love shall claim his own Some day Right ascend his throne,  Some day hidden Truth be known;   Some day--some sweet day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas the Apostle Good when He gives, supremely good; Nor less when He denies: Afflictions, from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. •John ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54014]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. •John Muir   Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. •William Cowper   No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned. •Jean Paul   Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life. •S. W. Duffield  Rest is the sweet sauce of labor. •Plutarch   I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy! •Louise A. Bogan   A friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. •Walter Winchell   One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him. •Chinese Proverb   How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward. •Proverb   The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest till it has gained a hearing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54014</guid></item></channel></rss>