<?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[Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree which cannot be overestimated; as all high intellectual work is carried on by them, and on such work material progress of all kinds mainly depends, not to mention other and higher advantages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solid pudding against empty praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solid pudding against empty praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29957]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who try to live near God and have formed the habit of faithfulness to Him in the small ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who try to live near God and have formed the habit of faithfulness to Him in the small things of our daily life, can hope in times of need for that special light which shows us our path. To do as well as we can the job immediately before us, is the way to learn what we ought to do next.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20946]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My doctors offered us a free round of in vitro (fertilization), ... So after all this is over, if it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39238]]></link><description><![CDATA[My doctors offered us a free round of in vitro (fertilization), ... So after all this is over, if it doesn't work out, we have the money. We can adopt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of our goals was to have a quarter where we only gave up nine points or less. Instead, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37388]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of our goals was to have a quarter where we only gave up nine points or less. Instead, we only gave up nine in the half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I despise mankind in all its strata; I foresee that our descendants will be still far unhappier than we are. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47844]]></link><description><![CDATA[I despise mankind in all its strata; I foresee that our descendants will be still far unhappier than we are. Would I not be a criminal if, notwithstanding this view, I should provide for progeny, i.e. for unfortunates? [Ger., Ich verachte die Menschheit in allen ihren Schichten; ich sehe es voraus, dass unsere Nachkommen noch weit unglucklicher sein werden, als wir. Sollte ich nicht ein Sunder sein, wenn ich trotz dieser Ansicht fur Nachkommen, d.h. fur Ungluckliche sorgte?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47100]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that a good government aims at...is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever people say "we mustn't be sentimental", you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever people say "we mustn't be sentimental", you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, "we must be realistic", they mean they are going to make money out of it. -Brigid Brophy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CD is going to be with the organization for a long time. He will be a great adviser. He will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40686]]></link><description><![CDATA[CD is going to be with the organization for a long time. He will be a great adviser. He will remain an integral part of what we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19293]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60962]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm hoping to get track-side for that one. It's equivalent to being next to your favorite baseball payer or Barry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41781]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm hoping to get track-side for that one. It's equivalent to being next to your favorite baseball payer or Barry Bonds, in the presence of legends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness. [Lat., Sociis atque amicis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23759]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness. [Lat., Sociis atque amicis auxilia portabant Romani, magisque dandis quam accipiundis beneficiis amicitias parabant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today, you have 100% of your life left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, you have 100% of your life left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you desire something from the bottom of your heart, then the entire universe will work for you to give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63038]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you desire something from the bottom of your heart, then the entire universe will work for you to give what you want. The more you believe in the process, the more you will attract towards you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4672]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know a lot of people right now want to point fingers and criticize, but people should keep their powder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38115]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know a lot of people right now want to point fingers and criticize, but people should keep their powder dry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a question of how you divide the forage pie. It always has been and always will be. There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34965]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a question of how you divide the forage pie. It always has been and always will be. There are some who want wild horses to get more and some who don't want them to get any.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not something you do when a child dies, ... We need to be talking about this all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28640]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not something you do when a child dies, ... We need to be talking about this all the time. .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time I listen back to solos of mine I'll hear something I like and then another phrase that I can't stand. You have to live with what you play. And the recording medium puts that on us. When I play live gigs I don't think so much like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall  Be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43173]]></link><description><![CDATA[That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall  Be crumbled into dust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember baseball cards I collected of Greg when I was in Little League. Now, to be in the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33465]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember baseball cards I collected of Greg when I was in Little League. Now, to be in the same locker room and be catching him in a big league game is quite an honor -- and an accomplishment to have made it this far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;  Though solitary, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;  Though solitary, who is not alone,   But doth converse with that eternal love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24186]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sit down and feed, and welcome to our table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sit down and feed, and welcome to our table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32667]]></link><description><![CDATA[For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final week of early voting is always the heaviest, and the hotter the race, the heavier the turnout in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31742]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final week of early voting is always the heaviest, and the hotter the race, the heavier the turnout in the last few days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just one more thing to worry about, I guess. You just try to be smart about where you're going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just one more thing to worry about, I guess. You just try to be smart about where you're going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58735]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherefore are these things hid? -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherefore are these things hid? -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be bold-and mighty forces will come to your aid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mellow autumn came, and with it came The promised party, to enjoy its sweets.  The corn is cut, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3553]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mellow autumn came, and with it came The promised party, to enjoy its sweets.  The corn is cut, the manor full of game;   The pointer ranges, and the sportsman beats    In russet jacket;--lynx-like is his aim;     Full grows his bag, and wonderful his feats.      An, nutbrown partridges! An, brilliant pheasants!       And ah, ye poachers!--'Tis no sport for peasants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're thrilled with the turnout. It's good to see the community rally around this festival. We planted the seeds several ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35124]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're thrilled with the turnout. It's good to see the community rally around this festival. We planted the seeds several years ago and have watched it grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Farmer and His SonsA father, being on the point of death, wished to be sure that his sons would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1584]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Farmer and His SonsA father, being on the point of death, wished to be sure that his sons would give the same attention to his farm as he himself had given it. He called them to his bedside and said, My sons, there is a great treasure hid in one of my vineyards. The sons, after his death, took their spades and mattocks and carefully dug over every portion of their land. They found no treasure, but the vines repaid their labor by an extraordinary and superabundant crop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most dangerous is that temptation that doth goad us on to sin in loving virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan has much more aggressive plans to build plants and facilities in North America than any other country. Plus, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Japan has much more aggressive plans to build plants and facilities in North America than any other country. Plus, we already had two Japanese plants here, so we wanted to capitalize on that relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32416</guid></item></channel></rss>