<?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[Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58694]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hustle and bustle of Charlottesville has been great to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39988]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hustle and bustle of Charlottesville has been great to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Apted is a true leader -- in this guild, in the industry and in his craft. His passion, diligence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michael Apted is a true leader -- in this guild, in the industry and in his craft. His passion, diligence and integrity serve as an inspiration and a model for all our members.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4645]]></link><description><![CDATA[In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lost a planet Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing … ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lost a planet Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing …]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39550]]></link><description><![CDATA[People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men pass away, but their deeds abide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men pass away, but their deeds abide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closest distance between two people is a goodlaugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22729]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closest distance between two people is a goodlaugh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51753]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39913]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's very good to have regrets, to learn how to live with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of; they just turn up some of the ill weeds on to the surface.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4309]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and the one that we take the least care of all to acquire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a piece of the universe made alive ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a piece of the universe made alive]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the lost pleiad seen no more below. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the lost pleiad seen no more below.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Taxi Rules:1. Driver speaks no English.2. Driver just got here two days ago from someplace like Segal.3. Driver ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44425]]></link><description><![CDATA[New York Taxi Rules:1. Driver speaks no English.2. Driver just got here two days ago from someplace like Segal.3. Driver hates you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10332]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This will not affect the formation of the government and could even be a positive factor to end the political ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42616]]></link><description><![CDATA[This will not affect the formation of the government and could even be a positive factor to end the political volatility we are living through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rebuild of No. 14, with a 20-year life expectancy, is a significant financial investment in Gary Works and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38696]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rebuild of No. 14, with a 20-year life expectancy, is a significant financial investment in Gary Works and a demonstration of our commitment to our customers, work force and community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest weariness comes from work not done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12425]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest weariness comes from work not done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the queen -- I worked for her for seven years -- enjoys her work. But even if she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the queen -- I worked for her for seven years -- enjoys her work. But even if she didn't enjoy it, she would gauze it as her duty to do what she vowed to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61286]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of glory gives an immense stimulus. [Lat., Immensum gloria calcar habet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of glory gives an immense stimulus. [Lat., Immensum gloria calcar habet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity; for what has posterity done for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity; for what has posterity done for us?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The story of the human race is the story of men and womenselling themselves short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21783]]></link><description><![CDATA[The story of the human race is the story of men and womenselling themselves short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . and now expecting Each hour their great adventurer, from the search  Of foreign words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/668]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . and now expecting Each hour their great adventurer, from the search  Of foreign words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man read his own dark heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man read his own dark heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the good thing about our team. A couple of guys have an off-night --which is very rare for Spencer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38105]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the good thing about our team. A couple of guys have an off-night --which is very rare for Spencer and Dustin --and then we have other guys step in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead -- these the living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25423]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead -- these the living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess when you have that one monster season, it's good because you're recognized. If it weren't for that season, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30472]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess when you have that one monster season, it's good because you're recognized. If it weren't for that season, not as many people would know about my career. But it also kind of diminishes what I did in other years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is purchased by the present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48133]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is purchased by the present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's really important is the emergence of a political class that would agree on the rules of the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34952]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's really important is the emergence of a political class that would agree on the rules of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What plant we in this apple tree? Sweets for a hundred flowery springs  To load the May-wind's restless wings, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2940]]></link><description><![CDATA[What plant we in this apple tree? Sweets for a hundred flowery springs  To load the May-wind's restless wings,   When, from the orchard-row, he pours    Its fragrance through our open doors;     A world of blossoms for the bee,      Flowers for the sick girl's silent room,       For the glad infant sprigs of bloom,        We plant with the apple tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know necessarily if we're calling it a rebuilding season. Our expectations are always the same. I think a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32413]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know necessarily if we're calling it a rebuilding season. Our expectations are always the same. I think a lot of people may have counted us out, but we'll gladly take that role.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In oratory the will must predominate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22226]]></link><description><![CDATA[In oratory the will must predominate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others. [Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10791]]></link><description><![CDATA[He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others. [Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10200]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2113]]></link><description><![CDATA[NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows how to make us disobedient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He'll be better because he'll understand the other position. Plus it's helped depth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42689]]></link><description><![CDATA[He'll be better because he'll understand the other position. Plus it's helped depth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of the world's troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of the world's troubles are not due just to Russia or communism. They would be with us in any event because we live in an era of revolution--the revolution of rising expectations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom allowed me to do this-as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58371]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom allowed me to do this-as long as I was writing songs. She said, 'As long as you're seriously working on music, I'll support you. Don't get a job, because if you work, it will crush you.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45059</guid></item></channel></rss>