<?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[Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1482]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10746]]></link><description><![CDATA[They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A "good" family, it seems, is one that used to be better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32018]]></link><description><![CDATA[A "good" family, it seems, is one that used to be better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you truly give up trying to be whole throughothers, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21781]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you truly give up trying to be whole throughothers, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discouragement is the opposite of courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discouragement is the opposite of courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22852]]></link><description><![CDATA[When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for a moment encourage their own sons to enter the work of the public schools cease to tell us that education is the greatest and noblest of all human callings?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All music is folk music, I ain't never heard no horse sing a song ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41054]]></link><description><![CDATA[All music is folk music, I ain't never heard no horse sing a song]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love is apathy, and hate is really the same as love. If you're so consumed by hatred ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45126]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love is apathy, and hate is really the same as love. If you're so consumed by hatred for someone, you might as well be loving them, because you're thinking about them for the same amount of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody roots for Goliath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody roots for Goliath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors are trusting souls, and we must go by gut-level instinct, even after our agents and business managers weigh all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors are trusting souls, and we must go by gut-level instinct, even after our agents and business managers weigh all the odds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. Itwill get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. Itwill get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your wholelife be a revelation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54247]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the ultimate notion of right is that which tends to the universal good; and when one's acting in a certain manner has this tendency he has a right thus to act.   - Francis Hutcheson,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winged words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winged words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65288]]></link><description><![CDATA[In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privatization is the worst idea to try to protect Social Security. It's nuts. We have to find ways to keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Privatization is the worst idea to try to protect Social Security. It's nuts. We have to find ways to keep pensions secure, as well as Social Security.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The unanimous decision upholds legislation passed eight years ago by lawmakers in British Columbia that allowed the province to seek ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35507]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The unanimous decision upholds legislation passed eight years ago by lawmakers in British Columbia that allowed the province to seek restitution for health care costs related to smoking for the last 50 years and for future costs.] We are very appreciative of this opportunity to hold the tobacco industry to account for its destructive products, ... That it was unanimous indicates the power of this ruling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23662]]></link><description><![CDATA[A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. -As You Like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55688]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than those who turn beggars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were expecting the free agency period to come and go. Negotiations were done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33932]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were expecting the free agency period to come and go. Negotiations were done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not worried about facing Belgium. I get worried about things like the speed of bullets if I had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41163]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not worried about facing Belgium. I get worried about things like the speed of bullets if I had to go to war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really makes no difference to me whether I start or come off the bench. Jason is comfortable starting and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42157]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really makes no difference to me whether I start or come off the bench. Jason is comfortable starting and he's playing well at the position. Sometimes it helps to sit there and get a feel for the game from the bench and then go in and try to make a difference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has never been so bad, that it couldn't be worse... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43241]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has never been so bad, that it couldn't be worse...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26161]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just slipped. It was a little wet, and I couldn't dig in. But, I should have made the play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36968]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just slipped. It was a little wet, and I couldn't dig in. But, I should have made the play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59237]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61330]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be happy. It's one way of being wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy. It's one way of being wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Midwest has always been rough, but the East Coast and the Carolinas have been good to us. And the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31276]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Midwest has always been rough, but the East Coast and the Carolinas have been good to us. And the West Coast has been really good to us, too. Canada not so much, but that was before the album came out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27509]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kids were terrific. They were excited about the activities, they learned so much and they made a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kids were terrific. They were excited about the activities, they learned so much and they made a lot of connections about what they are learning in the classroom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20460]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, sorrow! Why dost borrow  Heart's lightness from the merriment of May? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57255]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, sorrow! Why dost borrow  Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us not speak of them; but look, and pass on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us not speak of them; but look, and pass on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  You rob, and spoile, and eat his people as bread, by Extortion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  You rob, and spoile, and eat his people as bread, by Extortion, and bribery, and deceitful waights and measures, and deluding oathes in buying and selling, and then come hither, and so make God your Receiver, and his house a den of Thieves. His house is Sanctum Sanctorum, The holiest of holies, and you make it onely Sanctuarium: It should be a place sanctified by your devotions, and you make it onely a Sanctuary to priviledge Maelfactors, a place that may redeeme you from the ill opinion of men, who must in charity be bound to thinke well of you, because they see you in here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future.  And the only important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62884]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future.  And the only important thing is not to allow that to scare you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting. [Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting. [Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53711]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is so rushed, they don't take time for the whimsical, the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is so rushed, they don't take time for the whimsical, the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of the independents are doing well because they've found their special niche and can do it for less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29719]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of the independents are doing well because they've found their special niche and can do it for less than a lot of the major chains can and they've been able to capitalize on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have only one that can govern, and we chose him, ... does that mean we're not democratic? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28529]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have only one that can govern, and we chose him, ... does that mean we're not democratic?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28529</guid></item></channel></rss>