<?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[We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57590]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. As general manager, I just can't figure out where else to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ev'n so, with all submission, I . . . .  Send you each year a homely letter,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ev'n so, with all submission, I . . . .  Send you each year a homely letter,   Who may return me much a better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of improvisation means that we confront ourselves with our own individual creativity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of improvisation means that we confront ourselves with our own individual creativity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51519]]></link><description><![CDATA[More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child of those tears. [Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58782]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child of those tears. [Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both parties have been gearing up for this. It will be a very competitive year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both parties have been gearing up for this. It will be a very competitive year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15624]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the crème de la crème. Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26729]]></link><description><![CDATA[He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears and complaints - the means which I have called water power - can be an extremely useful weapon for disturbing cooperation and reducing other to a condition of slavery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet will she blush, here be it said, To bear her secrets so bewrayed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet will she blush, here be it said, To bear her secrets so bewrayed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy  To know I'm further off from heaven   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20418]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy  To know I'm further off from heaven   Than when I was a boy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Sorrow I bade good-morrow,  And though to leave her far away behind;   But cheerly, cheerly,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57256]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Sorrow I bade good-morrow,  And though to leave her far away behind;   But cheerly, cheerly,    She loves me dearly:     She is so constant to me, and so kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This means a lot. We came through some dark days to get here. The kids never stopped practicing hard. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30478]]></link><description><![CDATA[This means a lot. We came through some dark days to get here. The kids never stopped practicing hard. They never stopped working ... I think this says a lot about their ability to persevere. It says a lot about their toughness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not for mortals always to be blest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4310]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not for mortals always to be blest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1745]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peer-to-peer technology has benefits, but it also carries many dangers, the most egregious of which is the potential for widespread ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peer-to-peer technology has benefits, but it also carries many dangers, the most egregious of which is the potential for widespread and unauthorized piracy. Without the permission of the author of the work, who will be able to tell when personal use ends and piracy begins? It is the fundamental question of what is fair and right for the creators and those who made that creation possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53069]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They talk about the f------ mob; at least we've got principles! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36308]]></link><description><![CDATA[They talk about the f------ mob; at least we've got principles!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61595]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have a crisis, the crisis itself becomes one of your biggest asset if that crisis is bad enough. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10704]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have a crisis, the crisis itself becomes one of your biggest asset if that crisis is bad enough. Everyone get very modest and humble and listens. If you need do rough things, you do rough things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding Religion is kind of like understanding a manual in German. I know it's important and I really need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understanding Religion is kind of like understanding a manual in German. I know it's important and I really need to figure it out, but it's just not happening!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean.(on sportswriters) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes they write what I say and not what I mean.(on sportswriters)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What our contempts do often hurl from us, We wish it ours again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51225]]></link><description><![CDATA[What our contempts do often hurl from us, We wish it ours again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column: In the pentameter aye falling in melody back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46750]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column: In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from. -Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis not amiss, ere ye're giv'n o'er, To try one desp'rate med'cine more;  For where your case can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26682]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis not amiss, ere ye're giv'n o'er, To try one desp'rate med'cine more;  For where your case can be no worse,   The desp'rat'st is the wisest course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63541]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men freely believe that which they desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men freely believe that which they desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, who cries out on pride That can therein tax any private party?  Doth it not flow as hugely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, who cries out on pride That can therein tax any private party?  Doth it not flow as hugely as the sea   Till that the weary very means do ebb?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;  Custards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;  Custards for supper, and an endless host   Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies,    And other such ladylike luxuries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is anything besides the mind ever boggled? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is anything besides the mind ever boggled?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little while and I will be gone from among you, when I cannottell. From no where we came, into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15228]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little while and I will be gone from among you, when I cannottell. From no where we came, into nowhere we go. What is life? Itis a flash of a firefly in the night. It is a breath of a buffalo inthe winter time. It is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a mortal, thou must nourish each of two forebodings--that tomorrow's sunlight will be the last that thou shalt see; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24841]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a mortal, thou must nourish each of two forebodings--that tomorrow's sunlight will be the last that thou shalt see; and that for fifty years wilt live out thy life in ample wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63944]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody drank, ... We were clean livin' rock 'n' rollers, good 'ol boys who just wanted to make music and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody drank, ... We were clean livin' rock 'n' rollers, good 'ol boys who just wanted to make music and took everything for granted. We didn't want a million dollars, we wanted more gigs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't think it was going to be kind of weird, but it (was). I was having fun. I love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31049]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't think it was going to be kind of weird, but it (was). I was having fun. I love those guys and I miss them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If gaming does an aged sire entice, Then my young master swiftly learns the vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48947]]></link><description><![CDATA[If gaming does an aged sire entice, Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25324]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write? - Nobel Lecture 2000.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25324</guid></item></channel></rss>