<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re busy exporting Democracy abroad to Afghanistan and Iraq, which is fine, but what we really need to do is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1682]]></link><description><![CDATA[We’re busy exporting Democracy abroad to Afghanistan and Iraq, which is fine, but what we really need to do is a better job at making our Democracy work right here at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1900]]></link><description><![CDATA[At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28154]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make aliving. The other should teach us how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21092]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make aliving. The other should teach us how to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With emptie hands men may no haukes lure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48817]]></link><description><![CDATA[With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27716]]></link><description><![CDATA[She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Fannius from his foe did fly Himself with his own hands he slew;  Who e'er a greater madness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58243]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Fannius from his foe did fly Himself with his own hands he slew;  Who e'er a greater madness knew?   Life to destroy for fear to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9620]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock  The meat it feeds on. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23168]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock  The meat it feeds on. That cuckold lives in bliss   Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger;    But O, what damned minutes tells he o'er     Who dotes, yet doubts--suspects, yet strongly loves!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy ideal, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy ideal, we see celebrity's ugly messes, including their drug and alcohol abuse, which, for many who admire these people, translates into a very dangerous message.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will you have all in all for prose and verse? Take the miracle of our age, Sir Philip Sidney. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will you have all in all for prose and verse? Take the miracle of our age, Sir Philip Sidney.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17961]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature knows best, and she says, roar! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature knows best, and she says, roar!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[but it is only a small snapshot of what is going on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39734]]></link><description><![CDATA[but it is only a small snapshot of what is going on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goblin was a new band and this was their first major work. The oldest of them was only 18. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goblin was a new band and this was their first major work. The oldest of them was only 18. They were very talented and I wanted to give them a break.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will keep looking for problems now, so that when we finish this plant it will be safe and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31435]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will keep looking for problems now, so that when we finish this plant it will be safe and it will operate as designed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Job answered and said, No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61745]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Job answered and said, No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of few words are the best men. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of few words are the best men. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1331]]></link><description><![CDATA[No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not some day be antiquated...to seize the flying thought before it escapes us is our only touch with reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had been told by other participating districts to expect an initial enrollment of 500 students. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39773]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had been told by other participating districts to expect an initial enrollment of 500 students.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14269]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,  Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8938]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,  Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat   Awake the god of the day, and at his warning,    Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,     Th' extravagant and erring spirit hies      To his confine; and of the truth herein       This present object made probation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What more would you have? He has invented history. [Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19325]]></link><description><![CDATA[What more would you have? He has invented history. [Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The "great commitment" is so much easier than the ordinary, everyday one--and can all too easily shut our hearts to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7224]]></link><description><![CDATA[The "great commitment" is so much easier than the ordinary, everyday one--and can all too easily shut our hearts to the latter. A willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice can be associated with, and even produce, a great hardness of heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I've tried to tell them is that it's an acknowledgement of their hard work, but not to let it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31554]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I've tried to tell them is that it's an acknowledgement of their hard work, but not to let it go to their heads. They still have to go out and work hard every single day in order to maintain it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fly fishing is a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing, I can only compare to a stick and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fly fishing is a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing, I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I came in, there was so much cheating and so many tricks, and they've pretty much taken that out. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37384]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I came in, there was so much cheating and so many tricks, and they've pretty much taken that out. Now, it comes down to reactions, quickness and your teammates. The guy who wins usually did a better job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your hearts are mighty, your skins are whole. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46330]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want everybody out there, and we miss the guys who are out, but there's a mentality in the room ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40027]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want everybody out there, and we miss the guys who are out, but there's a mentality in the room where we're focused on what's in front of us. It's just something that builds over the course of the year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone from only one direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone from only one direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no need to hide the reality from the world. Unless something is done urgently, the situation will most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34826]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no need to hide the reality from the world. Unless something is done urgently, the situation will most certainly spiral out of control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a step in the right direction, but I don't accept moral victories or anything like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40719]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a step in the right direction, but I don't accept moral victories or anything like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They think they're being generous, but the burden is on the author and publisher. If it was fair use, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28962]]></link><description><![CDATA[They think they're being generous, but the burden is on the author and publisher. If it was fair use, you wouldn't be offering the opt-out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't pay to be the good guy, I guess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39667]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't pay to be the good guy, I guess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39667</guid></item></channel></rss>