<?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[A want becomes a have with time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61105]]></link><description><![CDATA[A want becomes a have with time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52059]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by becoming increasingly complex that the self might be said to grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest,  Lend less than thou owest,   Ride more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest,  Lend less than thou owest,   Ride more than thou goest,    Learn more than thou trowest,     Set less than thou throwest;      Leave thy drink and thy whore,       And keep in-a-door,        And thou shalt have more         Than two tens to a score.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is not in the warres is not out of danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49367]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shall never have it, The free German Rhine.  [Ger., Sie sollen ihn nicht haben   Den freien ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54188]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall never have it, The free German Rhine.  [Ger., Sie sollen ihn nicht haben   Den freien deutschen Rhein.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19469]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real character of a man is found out by his amusements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2464]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The downfall of the Dracula of the century is a day of happiness for every Palestinian and every Muslim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The downfall of the Dracula of the century is a day of happiness for every Palestinian and every Muslim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions,  Setting endeavor in continual motion;   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions,  Setting endeavor in continual motion;   To which is fixed as an aim or butt    Obedience; for so work the honeybees,     Creatures that by a rule in nature teach      The act of order to a peopled kingdom.       They have a king, and officers of sorts,        Where some like magistrates correct at home,         Others like merchants venture trade abroad,          Others like soldiers armed in their stings           Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds,            Which pillage they with merry march bring home             To the tent-royal of their emperor,              Who, busied in his majesties, surveys               The singing masons building roofs of gold,                The civil citizens kneading up the honey,                 The poor mechanic porters crowding in                  Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate,                   The sad-eyed justice with his surly hum                    Delivering o'er to executors pale                     The lazy yawning drone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It ain't over till it's over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13776]]></link><description><![CDATA[It ain't over till it's over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Margaret, run thee to the parlor. There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice  Proposing with the Prince and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good Margaret, run thee to the parlor. There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice  Proposing with the Prince and Claudio.   Whisper her ear and tell her, I and Ursley    Walk in the orchard, and our whole discourse     Is all of her. Say that thou overheard'st us;      And bid her steal into the pleached bower,       Where honeysuckles, ripened by the sun,        Forbid the sun to enter--like favorites,         Made proud by princes, that advance their pride          Against that power that bred it. There will she hide her           To listen our propose. This is thy office.            Bear thee well in it and leave us alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for its basis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5945]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42244]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All places that the eye of heaven visits, Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51499]]></link><description><![CDATA[All places that the eye of heaven visits, Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am disgraced, impeached, and baffled here; Pierced to the soul with slander's venomed spear,  The which no balm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56556]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am disgraced, impeached, and baffled here; Pierced to the soul with slander's venomed spear,  The which no balm can cure but his heart-blood   Which breathed this poison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/80]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more, and none can tell whose sphere is the largest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/80</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's amazing how much "mature wisdom" resembles being too tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52416]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's amazing how much "mature wisdom" resembles being too tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I meant to lob it over his (Cotton's) head but I missed and he made a good play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32357]]></link><description><![CDATA[I meant to lob it over his (Cotton's) head but I missed and he made a good play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self esteem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus was never an inhabitant of the realm of speculative thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's just like a grandpa to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40971]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's just like a grandpa to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popularity is not leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popularity is not leadership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of this first trip is to listen to the parties, collect impressions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41939]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of this first trip is to listen to the parties, collect impressions,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm nothing more than what you actually see, but I am also the complete opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm nothing more than what you actually see, but I am also the complete opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were going to start south of San Francisco in Half Moon Bay and go see every lighthouse on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42392]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were going to start south of San Francisco in Half Moon Bay and go see every lighthouse on the Northern California and Oregon coast. That was our (goal). My wife has always been kind of a lighthouse nut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43783]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fault is sooner found than mended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44199]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fault is sooner found than mended.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44119]]></link><description><![CDATA[From each according to his faculties; to each according to his needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred can be overcome only by love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred can be overcome only by love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When boasting ends, there dignity begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12283]]></link><description><![CDATA[When boasting ends, there dignity begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business is a lot like a game of tennis — those who serve well usually end up winning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business is a lot like a game of tennis — those who serve well usually end up winning]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today, we went over a few things they ran against us. I believe they had more seniors then so they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, we went over a few things they ran against us. I believe they had more seniors then so they might be a little younger now. So we've got to capitalize on that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was in Logic, a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;  He could distinguish, and divide   A ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10727]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was in Logic, a great critic, Profoundly skill'd in Analytic;  He could distinguish, and divide   A hair 'twixt south and south-west side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moon is a silver pin-head vast, That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43061]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moon is a silver pin-head vast, That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of which is often fatal to the best of talents; it supplies the place of many talents]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64482]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want they bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentiment is somewhat ingrained now regarding bird flu, but there is not a sea change taking place. People suspect there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentiment is somewhat ingrained now regarding bird flu, but there is not a sea change taking place. People suspect there are risks on the horizon but not so material just yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57827]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bed is the poor man's opera ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bed is the poor man's opera]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight,  His changing cheek, his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight,  His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess,   The might--the majesty of Loveliness?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45175]]></link><description><![CDATA[The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch the behaviour of the actors, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch the behaviour of the actors,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2303]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2303</guid></item></channel></rss>