<?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[It would be a very foolish person who made any kind of judgement from how he answered tabloid questions at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33184]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be a very foolish person who made any kind of judgement from how he answered tabloid questions at a press conference,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a tough problem, and there is no simple answer or smoking gun. More likely, there are multiple causes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31902]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a tough problem, and there is no simple answer or smoking gun. More likely, there are multiple causes, and they may vary from species to species.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbelief is blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unbelief is blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15700]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defense is solid, and it's more athletic and faster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defense is solid, and it's more athletic and faster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36283]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real power comes out of a long rifle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real power comes out of a long rifle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He just kept pushing me around. At times, it seemed more like a football game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39215]]></link><description><![CDATA[He just kept pushing me around. At times, it seemed more like a football game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25872]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was about half in love with her by the time we sat down. That's the thing about girls. Every time they do something pretty... you fall half in love with them, and then you never know where the hell you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is fond of her grandchildren, for it offers them the marrow of the bones, which the previous generation had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19506]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is fond of her grandchildren, for it offers them the marrow of the bones, which the previous generation had hurt its hands in breaking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21733]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a Tartar] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a Tartar]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world, the flesh, the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world, the flesh, the devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John has the ability, he is a slippery player, he is able to use good speed and he has a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38083]]></link><description><![CDATA[John has the ability, he is a slippery player, he is able to use good speed and he has a great change of direction. He has a knack of getting himself to the goal and is also a very good feeder so he is making others better. When John is at his best, there are not many players that are of his ability in the country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can tag yourself into glass. It's a new scourge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29235]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can tag yourself into glass. It's a new scourge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The State always moves slowly and grudgingly towards any purpose that accrues to society's advantage, but moves rapidly and with alacrity towards one that accrues to its own advantage; nor does it ever move towards social purposes on its own initiative, but only under heavy pressure, while its motion towards anti-social purposes is self-sprung.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanity is a cozy lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sanity is a cozy lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21031]]></link><description><![CDATA[No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Older people are seen basically as doddery but dear, and young people perhaps as clever but callous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Older people are seen basically as doddery but dear, and young people perhaps as clever but callous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54790]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of communication is the language of leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of communication is the language of leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion follows close on mistrust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion follows close on mistrust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14148]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian governments are making significant progress in the fight against poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Asian governments are making significant progress in the fight against poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66698]]></link><description><![CDATA[If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair-- The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--  And Winter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62094]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair-- The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--  And Winter, slumbering in the open air,   Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!    And I the while, the sole unbusy thing,     Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40473]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She blushed and smiled nonstop for 20 minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34389]]></link><description><![CDATA[She blushed and smiled nonstop for 20 minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I walked a mile with Pleasure, She chattered all the way;  But left me none the wiser,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46703]]></link><description><![CDATA[I walked a mile with Pleasure, She chattered all the way;  But left me none the wiser,   For all she had to say.    I walked a mile with Sorrow     And ne'er a word said she;      But, oh, the things I learned from her       When Sorrow walked with me!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52893]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61141]]></link><description><![CDATA[When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of it all some good would accrue to mankind kept men and nations fighting. When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just put my feet in the air and move them around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35160]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just put my feet in the air and move them around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through life's dark road his sordid way he wends, An incarnation of fat dividends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through life's dark road his sordid way he wends, An incarnation of fat dividends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12120]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. -Unkown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24472]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. -Unkown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10682]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, HR departments have had trouble with employees abusing sabbaticals or asking to cash out of the benefit and just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, HR departments have had trouble with employees abusing sabbaticals or asking to cash out of the benefit and just keep working.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62803]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen, every one That listen may, unto a tale  That's merrier than the nightingale.   - Henry Wadsworth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen, every one That listen may, unto a tale  That's merrier than the nightingale.   - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Tales of a Wayside Inn (pt. III,),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot,  Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4341]]></link><description><![CDATA[These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot,  Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot,   Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear    Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year,     Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not      Against Heaven's hand or will, not bate a jot       Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer        Right onward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there;  And 'twill be found, upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there;  And 'twill be found, upon examination,   The latter has the largest congregation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy brook,  Thy bubblings ne'er remember   Apollo's summer look;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11568]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy brook,  Thy bubblings ne'er remember   Apollo's summer look;    But with a sweet forgetting,     They stay their crystal fretting,      Never, never petting       About the frozen time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58542</guid></item></channel></rss>