<?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[Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A free society cherishes nonconformity. It knows that from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12571]]></link><description><![CDATA[A free society cherishes nonconformity. It knows that from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ideas of freedom. Free society must fertilize the soil in which non-conformity and dissent and individualism can grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40816]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel we would not have a prayer's chance in hell in the Hernando County Jail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40963]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel we would not have a prayer's chance in hell in the Hernando County Jail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's almost like having a troubled child that ends up graduating from law school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31983]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's almost like having a troubled child that ends up graduating from law school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms -- will it return to my body when they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3869]]></link><description><![CDATA[My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms -- will it return to my body when they scatter?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A high-school teacher, afer all, is a person deputized by the rest of us to explain to the young what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58761]]></link><description><![CDATA[A high-school teacher, afer all, is a person deputized by the rest of us to explain to the young what sort of world they are living in, and to defend, if possible, the part their elders are playing in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do have aircraft in that area making drops, but with the coming of nightfall, we'll have to ground those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32334]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do have aircraft in that area making drops, but with the coming of nightfall, we'll have to ground those shortly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams won't come looking for you. That's why you have to chase them. Pursue them until they become reality, then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams won't come looking for you. That's why you have to chase them. Pursue them until they become reality, then hold on tightly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57625]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59149]]></link><description><![CDATA[People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51524]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis in grain, sir; 'twill endure wind and weather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is vacillating because it is unable to find an agreement within the coalition for partisan reasons, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is vacillating because it is unable to find an agreement within the coalition for partisan reasons,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't want to look past this game. If we looked past it they could have come in and beat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41872]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't want to look past this game. If we looked past it they could have come in and beat us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moses Kiptanui - the 19 year old Kenyan, who turned 20 a few weeks ago...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61952]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. Well, as he brews, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25302]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. Well, as he brews, so shall he drink, for George again. Yet he shall hear on't, and tightly, too, an' I live, i'faith. - Every Man In His Humor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know how long it will take to fill either post. The Urban designer position is very important to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29280]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know how long it will take to fill either post. The Urban designer position is very important to the entire design review function and is critical to fill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom always says I could sing before I could talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42662]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom always says I could sing before I could talk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults --a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults --a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails,  Like kittens playing with their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61820]]></link><description><![CDATA[With little wit and ease to suit them, They whirl in narrow circling trails,  Like kittens playing with their tails.   [Ger., Mit wenig Witz und viel Behagen    Dreht jeder sich im engen Zirkeltanz     Wie junge Katzen mit dem Schwanz.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be praised by a man who has won his laurels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48530]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47407]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have had three really good meetings and we are still visiting. There will be an announcement next week. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31712]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have had three really good meetings and we are still visiting. There will be an announcement next week. That was at my request because I want this recruiting class to get all of the attention it deserves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no legitimacy on earth but in a government which is the choice of the nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6103]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no legitimacy on earth but in a government which is the choice of the nation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17671]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27401]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She did a really good job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40327]]></link><description><![CDATA[She did a really good job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27710]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26308]]></link><description><![CDATA[If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the time, my grandparents told my mom, "Lordy, what is Shannen doing?" Now I've calmed down. [on her reputation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4009]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the time, my grandparents told my mom, "Lordy, what is Shannen doing?" Now I've calmed down. [on her reputation for bad behavior].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was real surprised. The ref said I did it intentionally, but there's no way. That's sad the ref would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41042]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was real surprised. The ref said I did it intentionally, but there's no way. That's sad the ref would impact the game like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20918]]></link><description><![CDATA[No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in the afternoon of her best days. -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 7. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in the afternoon of her best days. -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duty cannot exist without faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Duty cannot exist without faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9008]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee working on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is the wrath of God--His hate of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is the wrath of God--His hate of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been preaching about that - play based on what you know you can do well. If we play hard, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41934]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been preaching about that - play based on what you know you can do well. If we play hard, execute, keep going after the loose basketballs, we can make our own luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory goes to the player who makes the next to last mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory goes to the player who makes the next to last mistake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38418</guid></item></channel></rss>