<?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[Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did a good job of working the counts and getting good pitches to hit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37288]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did a good job of working the counts and getting good pitches to hit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think it?s a good step for Afghanistan. Writing off any debt is a help in a country after 30 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40046]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think it?s a good step for Afghanistan. Writing off any debt is a help in a country after 30 years of war and devastation. We?re staring from nothing, like a baby taking its first steps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just behappy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just behappy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54996]]></link><description><![CDATA[I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  There can be no end without means; and God furnishes no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  There can be no end without means; and God furnishes no means that exempt us from the task and duty of joining our own best endeavors. The original stock, or wild olive tree, of our natural powers, was not given to us to be burnt or blighted, but to be grafted on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to go into my view at the moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28453]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to go into my view at the moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time cools; time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time cools; time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63141]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worries and only half the royalties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, for the sake of getting a living forget to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, for the sake of getting a living forget to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1095]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They always talk who never think, and who have the least to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25546]]></link><description><![CDATA[They always talk who never think, and who have the least to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -- not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42920]]></link><description><![CDATA[It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" -- not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44086]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not put on earth for ourselves, but are placed here for each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need, someone will be there for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to love what's loveable and hate what's hateable. It takes brains to see the difference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25814]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to love what's loveable and hate what's hateable. It takes brains to see the difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The odds clearly favor the Bank of Canada raising the overnight rate by a quarter point on May 24 to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The odds clearly favor the Bank of Canada raising the overnight rate by a quarter point on May 24 to 4.25 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Economics is not about things and tangible material objects; it is about men, their meanings and actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not worthy to carry the buckler unto him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58223]]></link><description><![CDATA[How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11821]]></link><description><![CDATA[The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54120]]></link><description><![CDATA[To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12297]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses O! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses O!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65973]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes someone has to hurt you deep enough to make you realize how better your life is without them in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes someone has to hurt you deep enough to make you realize how better your life is without them in it...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32363]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red flag is not with Iowa State. Iowa State just happened to be the only ones mentioned in the article.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least in a food-and-sustenance sense, we've always taken what we put into our bodies in a fairly serious light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32463]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least in a food-and-sustenance sense, we've always taken what we put into our bodies in a fairly serious light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played a tough team tonight. They had nine and nine on each side of the ball coming back and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40365]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played a tough team tonight. They had nine and nine on each side of the ball coming back and were ready to play. Our kids kept on fighting though.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43420]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62043]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43612]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is ... opening a door that we may derive instruction from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is ... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything in our character worthy of imitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56589]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who gives me employment, which I must have or suffer, that man is my master, let me call him what I will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gard'ner, for telling me these news of woe, Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gard'ner, for telling me these news of woe, Pray God the plants thou graft'st may never grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man's credit is as good as his money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10610]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man's credit is as good as his money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The South Wind has for the evening donned jasmine scent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2842]]></link><description><![CDATA[The South Wind has for the evening donned jasmine scent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sea--this truth must be confessed-- has no generosity. No display of manly qualities-- courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--has ever been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea--this truth must be confessed-- has no generosity. No display of manly qualities-- courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our girls have been great in being very proactive with understanding their roles in society go beyond just school and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our girls have been great in being very proactive with understanding their roles in society go beyond just school and athletics. It definitely looked like they enjoyed the opportunity to make a difference in someone else's life. Hopefully with this event and the others they have organized, they realize this is something they need to do beyond their years here at TCU.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to submit our proposal to the government to evaluate. We're not going to put it out to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35911]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to submit our proposal to the government to evaluate. We're not going to put it out to the public for a popular vote. We have a great reputation. We have a great experience in this business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe the best social program is a job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65994]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe the best social program is a job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know how on St. Patrick's Day everybody is Irish. In Quincy this weekend, everybody's German, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42016]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know how on St. Patrick's Day everybody is Irish. In Quincy this weekend, everybody's German,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe witha person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe witha person having neither to weigh thoughts or measure words, but pouringall right out just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that afaithful friendly hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keepingand, with a breath of comfort, blow the rest away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a coach, you hate to see your kids in pain and suffering a little bit. So I was just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30884]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a coach, you hate to see your kids in pain and suffering a little bit. So I was just trying to encourage him and talk to him about what he learned and some of the positives that should have been gained here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30884</guid></item></channel></rss>