<?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[Done is better than perfect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Done is better than perfect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1689]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not ent]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety alone gives joy; The sweetest meats the soonest cloy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety alone gives joy; The sweetest meats the soonest cloy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They treat us just like their other friends. They're good to us. And we're good to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41678]]></link><description><![CDATA[They treat us just like their other friends. They're good to us. And we're good to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59107]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Geese appear high over us,pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,as in love or sleep, holdsthem to their way, clearin the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Geese appear high over us,pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,as in love or sleep, holdsthem to their way, clearin the ancient faith: what we needis here. And we pray, notfor new earth or heaven, but to bequiet in heart, and in eye,clear. What we need is here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49963]]></link><description><![CDATA[They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By many a happy accident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/297]]></link><description><![CDATA[By many a happy accident.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never was anything so inconsistent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never was anything so inconsistent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the documents he inadvertently left behind was a draft of a document proclaiming himself as president once again, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35866]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the documents he inadvertently left behind was a draft of a document proclaiming himself as president once again,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love those whom we admire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/611]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always love those who admire us, and we do not always love those whom we admire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2332]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was utterly without ambition [Chas. II.]. He detested business, and would sooner have abdicated his crown than have undergone the trouble of really directing the administration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20896]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful who conceals it; he is ungrateful who makes no return for it; most ungrateful of all is he who forgets it. [Lat., Ingratus est, qui beneficium accepisse se negat, quod accepit: ingratus est, qui dissimulat; ingratus, qui non reddit; ingratissimus omnium, qui oblitus est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66559]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And with them words of so sweet breath composed As made the things more rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51259]]></link><description><![CDATA[And with them words of so sweet breath composed As made the things more rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows [elsewhere] the sun never sets. [Lat., Altera figlia  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47766]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows [elsewhere] the sun never sets. [Lat., Altera figlia  Di quel monarea a cui   Ne anco, quando annotta, il Sol tramonta.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky. [Lat., Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1957]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky. [Lat., Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16365]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59567]]></link><description><![CDATA[I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. [Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20337]]></link><description><![CDATA[That destructive siren, sloth, is ever to be avoided. [Lat., Vitanda est improba--desidia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59110]]></link><description><![CDATA[In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5001]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What beck'ning ghost along the moonlight shade Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2786]]></link><description><![CDATA[What beck'ning ghost along the moonlight shade Invites my steps, and points to yonder glade?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2708]]></link><description><![CDATA[An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pirates could happen to anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pirates could happen to anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11436]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we really would like to see is lifetime supervision and GPS monitoring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40487]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we really would like to see is lifetime supervision and GPS monitoring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since the earthquake struck in October, these helicopters have been crucial in transporting food and non-food items, like medicine and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since the earthquake struck in October, these helicopters have been crucial in transporting food and non-food items, like medicine and warm clothing and they have helped to prevent many deaths.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said true things, but called them by wrong names. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59811]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said true things, but called them by wrong names.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13411]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are cats lazy? Well, more power to them if they are. Which one of us has not entertained the dream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are cats lazy? Well, more power to them if they are. Which one of us has not entertained the dream of doing just as he likes, when and how he likes, and as much as he likes?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20568]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short. [It., L'imitazione del male supera sempre l'esempio; comme per il contrario, l'imitazione del bene e sempre inferiore.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55320]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If we wish to see the insignificance of human learning we may study his commentators.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For you see, each day I love you more Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25840]]></link><description><![CDATA[For you see, each day I love you more Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Let the Gospels speak. Of what I have learnt from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Let the Gospels speak. Of what I have learnt from these documents in the course of my long task, I will say nothing now. Only this, that they bear the seal of the Son of Man and God, they are the Magna Charta of the human spirit. Were we to devote to their comprehension a little of the selfless enthusiasm that is now expended on the riddle of our physical surroundings, we would cease to say that Christianity is coming to an end -- we might even feel that it had only just begun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44859]]></link><description><![CDATA[When occupations come to us we must accept them; when things come to us we must understand them from the ground up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19983]]></link><description><![CDATA[man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a love story with six protagonists, ... And it's about a girl on the cusp of womanhood, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41681]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a love story with six protagonists, ... And it's about a girl on the cusp of womanhood, a girl who is smart enough to realize she's happy, but not smart enough to know that everything must change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61112]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64404]]></link><description><![CDATA[From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our main goal is to accelerate their educations, ... But we hope that after they go to college, they'll return ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our main goal is to accelerate their educations, ... But we hope that after they go to college, they'll return to make their homes and careers in Texas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great man is the man who does something for the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63548]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great man is the man who does something for the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more thou stir it the worse it will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48810]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more thou stir it the worse it will be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goalkeeper thought Tony was going to shoot, and he stayed on his line. He passed instead, which gave me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39072]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goalkeeper thought Tony was going to shoot, and he stayed on his line. He passed instead, which gave me a pretty easy shot. I got it in, which was huge for us. We really needed to win this game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When age is jocond it makes sport for death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50066]]></link><description><![CDATA[When age is jocond it makes sport for death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50066</guid></item></channel></rss>