<?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[One need not obey the rulesif he abandons a meaningless or cruel game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16704]]></link><description><![CDATA[One need not obey the rulesif he abandons a meaningless or cruel game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63255]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52801]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While it may sound good initially, this has the potential to hurt businesses at a time when we should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29571]]></link><description><![CDATA[While it may sound good initially, this has the potential to hurt businesses at a time when we should be helping them. If this purchasing pool restricts access to certain retailers or undercuts prices, then the state is meddling in the free-market system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Bench coach) Ron Wotus gives me all the pitches each guy has thrown over the last five days, ... We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34862]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Bench coach) Ron Wotus gives me all the pitches each guy has thrown over the last five days, ... We have a form attached to the lineup card. ... There have been some times a guy gets up even two or three times and doesn't get in the game. We don't forget about that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60241]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of coaches -- those who have been fired, and those who will be fired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57499]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of coaches -- those who have been fired, and those who will be fired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short term memory loss equals long term memory gain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Short term memory loss equals long term memory gain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had so many guys contribute tonight. Everybody was hitting their shots and playing well. It's nice to get contributions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31688]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had so many guys contribute tonight. Everybody was hitting their shots and playing well. It's nice to get contributions from a lot of people. That takes the pressure off of other players.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50878]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vine and the GoatA vine was luxuriant in the time of vintage with leaves and grapes. A Goat, passing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Vine and the GoatA vine was luxuriant in the time of vintage with leaves and grapes. A Goat, passing by, nibbled its young tendrils and its leaves. The Vine addressed him and said: Why do you thus injure me without a cause, and crop my leaves? Is there no young grass left? But I shall not have to wait long for my just revenge; for if you now should crop my leaves, and cut me down to my root, I shall provide the wine to pour over you when you are led as a victim to the sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cleon hath ten thousand acres,-- Ne'er a one have I;  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--   In a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cleon hath ten thousand acres,-- Ne'er a one have I;  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--   In a cottage I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58131]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He played too well. I also had some problems with my knee. But tomorrow it's going to be a different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36698]]></link><description><![CDATA[He played too well. I also had some problems with my knee. But tomorrow it's going to be a different game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must loose a flie to catch a trout. [You must lose a fly to catch a trout.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50136]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must loose a flie to catch a trout. [You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63009]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're beefing up our rehab services for the coming years, including cardiac rehab. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32885]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're beefing up our rehab services for the coming years, including cardiac rehab.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50018]]></link><description><![CDATA[To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he feels the door has been opened, and he's getting some shoves from behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30466]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he feels the door has been opened, and he's getting some shoves from behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55556]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tempo, and offense to defense transition, is not a huge issue against the 1A schools we play, but to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tempo, and offense to defense transition, is not a huge issue against the 1A schools we play, but to beat a bigger team, it's important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30690]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I've ever wanted to do was play music and go on the road and make records.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24832]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the stock be good, there springs up for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period of barrenness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is originality? Undetected plagiarism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45293]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34014]]></link><description><![CDATA[We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52253]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means that in social processes, as in economic processes, it is not only impossible to attain perfection but irrational to seek perfection- or even to seek the "best possible" result in each separate instance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19519]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far, we've had 7.36 inches (of rain) for the year. Normal is about 4.51, so we're well above it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38407]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far, we've had 7.36 inches (of rain) for the year. Normal is about 4.51, so we're well above it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also is despotic governments: in the former, because they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47474]]></link><description><![CDATA[In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also is despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54976]]></link><description><![CDATA[For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the conviction persists - though history has shown it to be a hallucination - that all the questions that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52105]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the conviction persists - though history has shown it to be a hallucination - that all the questions that the human mind has asked are questions that can be answered in terms of the alternatives that the questions themselves present. But in fact intellectual progress usually occurs through sheer abandonment of questions together with both of the alternatives they assume - an abandonment that results from their decreasing vitality and change of urgent interest. We do not solve them: we get over them. Old questions are solved by disappearing, evaporating, while new questions corresponding to the changed attitude of endeavor and preference take their place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2102]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's really good. I'm ecstatic and the girls are ecstatic. That's been one of our goals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28819]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's really good. I'm ecstatic and the girls are ecstatic. That's been one of our goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever preaches with love preaches sufficiently against heresy, though he may never utter a controversial word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever preaches with love preaches sufficiently against heresy, though he may never utter a controversial word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our effort was there, but when you don't shoot the ball well, you're not going to win. Thirty-nine points is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our effort was there, but when you don't shoot the ball well, you're not going to win. Thirty-nine points is not going to win a game against a team that has played in two state tournaments in a row.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas good advice, and meant, "My son, be good." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/778]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas good advice, and meant, "My son, be good."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is precisely those things which belong to "the people" which have historically been despoiled- wild creatures, the air, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47190]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is precisely those things which belong to "the people" which have historically been despoiled- wild creatures, the air, and waterways being notable examples. This goes to the heart of why property rights are socially important in the first place. Property rights mean self-interested monitors. No owned creatures are in danger of extinction. No owned forests are in danger of being leveled. No one kills the goose that lays the golden egg when it is his goose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called "Huckleberry Finn." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25256]]></link><description><![CDATA[All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called "Huckleberry Finn."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10908]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know,  To make men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/608]]></link><description><![CDATA[To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know,  To make men happy, and to keep them so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/608</guid></item></channel></rss>