<?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[O, brothers! let us leave the shame and sin Of taking vainly in a plaintive mood,  The holy name ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18326]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, brothers! let us leave the shame and sin Of taking vainly in a plaintive mood,  The holy name of Grief--holy herein,   That, by the grief of One, came all our good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58054]]></link><description><![CDATA[No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gentle sleep! Scatter thy drowsiest poppies from above;  And in new dreams not soon to vanish, bless   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gentle sleep! Scatter thy drowsiest poppies from above;  And in new dreams not soon to vanish, bless   My senses with the sight of her I love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50249]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has enough for his wants should desire nothing more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54066]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's helping the stock price today, but gastric cancer is not one of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35453]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's helping the stock price today, but gastric cancer is not one of the biggest markets for cancer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zane Trace, every opportunity we gave them, they took advantage of it, ... They're a real scrappy team and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zane Trace, every opportunity we gave them, they took advantage of it, ... They're a real scrappy team and they never gave up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In T-1, our goal was to repeat with the Corvette, and get the Viper and Andrew up there. In T-2 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38188]]></link><description><![CDATA[In T-1, our goal was to repeat with the Corvette, and get the Viper and Andrew up there. In T-2 with the Subaru, we wanted to win division and national championships.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mocking the air with colours idly spread. -King John. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mocking the air with colours idly spread. -King John. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51883]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. [Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deepest rivers flow with the least sound. [Lat., Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42677]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is Microsoft buying Apple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst abuse of process is that the United States senators ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â the majority of which were for John Bolton ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst abuse of process is that the United States senators ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â the majority of which were for John Bolton ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â were denied the opportunity to have the fairness of an up or down vote, ... What they ought to be doing, instead of diminishing and criticizing John Bolton, they ought to get behind him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well languag'd Danyel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well languag'd Danyel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From what I recollect, the audiences in India are very discerning and know how to appreciate real music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30822]]></link><description><![CDATA[From what I recollect, the audiences in India are very discerning and know how to appreciate real music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[February is a dry month anyway. It's typically the driest month. And this February was drier than most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30683]]></link><description><![CDATA[February is a dry month anyway. It's typically the driest month. And this February was drier than most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every disasters screams for humor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every disasters screams for humor]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you shoot at a king you must kill him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24487]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you shoot at a king you must kill him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If suicide be supposed a crime, it is only cowardice can impel us to it. If it be no crime, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58240]]></link><description><![CDATA[If suicide be supposed a crime, it is only cowardice can impel us to it. If it be no crime, both prudence and courage should engage us to rid ourselves at once of existence when it becomes a burden. It is the only way that we can then be useful to society, by setting an example which, if imitated, would preserve every one his chance for happiness in life, and would effectually free him from all danger or misery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8757]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a field of gelded bulls - whereas a city of anarchy is a city of promise]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24119]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Death! O Change! O Time! Without you, O! the insufferable eyes  Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,   These ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45675]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Death! O Change! O Time! Without you, O! the insufferable eyes  Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,   These fatuous, ineffectual yesterdays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No greater grief than to remember days Of joy when misery is at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48798]]></link><description><![CDATA[No greater grief than to remember days Of joy when misery is at hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28502]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can control a man’s thinking, you don’t have to worry about his actions. If you can determine what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3584]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can control a man’s thinking, you don’t have to worry about his actions. If you can determine what a man thinks you do not have worry about what he will do. If you can make a man believe that he is inferior, you don’t have to compel him to seek an inferior status, he will do so without being told and if you can make a man believe that he is justly an outcast, you don’t have to order him to the back door, he will go to the back door on his own and if there is no back door, the very nature of the man will demand that you build one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64464]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there:  Then looking up and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there:  Then looking up and round the prospect wide,   When did Praxiteles see me thus? she cried.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12422]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46961]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was extremely impressed with all the boys' performances. It was a great way to start off the year, winning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33362]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was extremely impressed with all the boys' performances. It was a great way to start off the year, winning six flights rather convincingly. Good performance by everyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television: A medium. So called because it is neither rare nor well done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18028]]></link><description><![CDATA[All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working and making a fire doth discretion require. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Working and making a fire doth discretion require.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Responsibility is the price of greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Responsibility is the price of greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea came to me in a dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea came to me in a dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One night, at the latter end of April 1665, the family of a citizen of London carrying on an extensive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4629]]></link><description><![CDATA[One night, at the latter end of April 1665, the family of a citizen of London carrying on an extensive business as a grocer in Wood Street, Cheapside, were assembled, according to custom, at prayer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make three bites of a cherry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make three bites of a cherry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People got the right to know they live next door to a dog that's declared dangerous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40398]]></link><description><![CDATA[People got the right to know they live next door to a dog that's declared dangerous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40398</guid></item></channel></rss>