<?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[There are periods when I'm out of it and have to stay in bed for a couple of days, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37619]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are periods when I'm out of it and have to stay in bed for a couple of days,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past,  That I may give for every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62158]]></link><description><![CDATA[In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past,  That I may give for every day   Some good account at last.   - Isaac Watts,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24565]]></link><description><![CDATA[How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew, once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If 899 matches go out, the900th is enough to set the world aflame.(paraphrased from imperfectmemory of poster)http://www.vahini.org/downloads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22707]]></link><description><![CDATA[If 899 matches go out, the900th is enough to set the world aflame.(paraphrased from imperfectmemory of poster)http://www.vahini.org/downloads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that the truth will come soon. He will be a free man soon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28515]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that the truth will come soon. He will be a free man soon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 4. the ministry of helpfulness   Active helpfulness means, initially, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 4. the ministry of helpfulness   Active helpfulness means, initially, simple assistance in trifling, external matters. There is a multitude of these things wherever people live together. Nobody is too good for the meanest service...   We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions. We may pass them by, preoccupied with our more important tasks, as the priest passed by the man who had fallen among thieves, perhaps -- reading the Bible. When we do that, we pass by the visible sign of the Cross raised athwart our path to show us that not our way, but God's way must be done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meton: With the straight ruler I set to work to make the circle four-cornered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meton: With the straight ruler I set to work to make the circle four-cornered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes,--rather plunge me back in pagan night, And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,  Than be the Christian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes,--rather plunge me back in pagan night, And take my chance with Socrates for bliss,  Than be the Christian of a faith like this,   Which builds on heavenly cant its earthly sway,    And in a convert mourns to lose a prey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can live for two months on a good compliment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48027]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can live for two months on a good compliment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46832]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47066]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say women talk too much. If you have worked in Congress you know that the filibuster was invented by men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plain truth is that the reporter's trade is for young men. Your feet, which do the legwork, are nine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39176]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plain truth is that the reporter's trade is for young men. Your feet, which do the legwork, are nine times more important than your head, which fits the facts into a coherent pattern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well has it been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13337]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of the estate, not of the person. I will study more how to give a good account of my little, than how to make it more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13448]]></link><description><![CDATA[They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62533]]></link><description><![CDATA[The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/657]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My tongue within my lips I rein: For who talks much must talk in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58610]]></link><description><![CDATA[My tongue within my lips I rein: For who talks much must talk in vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50533]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annius has some two hundred tables, and servants for every table. Dishes run hither and thither, and plates fly about. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Annius has some two hundred tables, and servants for every table. Dishes run hither and thither, and plates fly about. Such entertainments as these keep to yourselves, ye pompous; I am ill pleased with a supper that walks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any additional rate increases would need to be precipitated by higher inflation or above-trend growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any additional rate increases would need to be precipitated by higher inflation or above-trend growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossip is what no one claims to like -- but everyone enjoys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossip is what no one claims to like -- but everyone enjoys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was real pleased how we held our composure, and I'm disappointed we couldn't come out with a win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32300]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was real pleased how we held our composure, and I'm disappointed we couldn't come out with a win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We produce data on average wage by industry, but the portion of compensation that we haven't had (in our surveys) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29641]]></link><description><![CDATA[We produce data on average wage by industry, but the portion of compensation that we haven't had (in our surveys) is benefits, We decided it was time to get on the bandwagon and do this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm incredibly happy. ... If you are persistent, you will succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41573]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm incredibly happy. ... If you are persistent, you will succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip will be good for all students. There will be no more obstacles, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41311]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip will be good for all students. There will be no more obstacles, no more checkpoints,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But he kind of looks up and says, 'Turn here.' Then, 'Turn here.' He had us make about five turns. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32757]]></link><description><![CDATA[But he kind of looks up and says, 'Turn here.' Then, 'Turn here.' He had us make about five turns. Now, by this time, I thought Ron was just full of B.S., that he couldn't possibly know where we were going. We were on little, two-lane, unmarked roads. But then, on the next turn, we pull right up in front of Florida State's stadium. It was incredible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46473]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pity distress it but human; to relieve it is Godlike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two lousy choices is no better than seven lousy choices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two lousy choices is no better than seven lousy choices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one success-to be able to spend your lifein your own way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22392]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one success-to be able to spend your lifein your own way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was thinking about leaving here, but not because of Fred, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was thinking about leaving here, but not because of Fred,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time and I against any two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time and I against any two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will be judges of the fact. You are the sole and exclusive judges of what the truth is. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23582]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will be judges of the fact. You are the sole and exclusive judges of what the truth is. You will bring with you here your common sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with the person who thinks he's a long-term investor and impervious to short-term gyrations is that the emotion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15839]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with the person who thinks he's a long-term investor and impervious to short-term gyrations is that the emotion of fear and pain will eventually make him sell badly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expect problems and eat them for breakfast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60668]]></link><description><![CDATA[To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60668</guid></item></channel></rss>