<?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[I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63834]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65789]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-looking wretch, A living-dead man. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55410]]></link><description><![CDATA[A needy, hollow-eyed, sharp-looking wretch, A living-dead man. -The Comedy of Errors. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most humans hardly ever see them. The other is that humans are very good at not seeing things they know aren't there. And, since sensible humans know that there are no such things as people four inches high, a gnome who doesn't want to be seen probably won't be seen... Wings]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46477]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes ... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew what I was getting into. Routes, things like that, making sure I'm in shape, that's what they're looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33538]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew what I was getting into. Routes, things like that, making sure I'm in shape, that's what they're looking for. ... I need to get in and out of cuts ASAP. I need to be as good at that as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/928]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the noisy winds are still; April's coming up the hill!  All the spring is in her train,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the noisy winds are still; April's coming up the hill!  All the spring is in her train,   Led by shining ranks of rain;    Pit, pat, patter, clatter,     Sudden sun and clatter patter!      . . . .       All things ready with a will,        April's coming up the hill!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've known for 16 months that we oppose the concept of additional contract workers at CBC, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29620]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've known for 16 months that we oppose the concept of additional contract workers at CBC,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24568]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52272]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24391]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to say a month out what your league deserves, but we've got six teams playing pretty good basketball. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32547]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to say a month out what your league deserves, but we've got six teams playing pretty good basketball. This last month is going to be interesting for our league like it is for all leagues, but when it's all said and done, we'll have a number of teams that deserve attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parsons are soules waggoners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parsons are soules waggoners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obeying an inalienable law, things grew, spreading riotous and strange in their instinct for growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obeying an inalienable law, things grew, spreading riotous and strange in their instinct for growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a pool among the coaches. Would John Neal get a free throw, or would Shawn Taggart get an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32366]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a pool among the coaches. Would John Neal get a free throw, or would Shawn Taggart get an assist first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have Immortal longings in me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have Immortal longings in me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wretched soul, bruised with adversity. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55406]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wretched soul, bruised with adversity. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly followed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55227]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly followed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caution is not cowardly. Carelessness is not courage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caution is not cowardly. Carelessness is not courage]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To buy deare is not bounty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50001]]></link><description><![CDATA[To buy deare is not bounty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become  Old in their youth, and die ere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48767]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become  Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The US has a vital interest in that area of the country [Latin America]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47080]]></link><description><![CDATA[The US has a vital interest in that area of the country [Latin America].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they calmly did rest,   And hung on the ether's invisible breast;    Than the vapours of earth they seemed purer, more bright,--     Oh! could they be clouds? 'Twas the necklace of night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this moment in time, the chances of any agreement are extremely small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28948]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this moment in time, the chances of any agreement are extremely small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents,  Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents,  Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state,   Bleed gold for ministers to sport away.    Drink, and be mad then; 'tis your country bids!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47504]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65884]]></link><description><![CDATA[I try to build a full personality for each of our cartoon characters - to make them personalities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has highs and lows that they have to learn from, but every morning I start off with a good head on my shoulders, saying to myself, 'It's going to be a good day!'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[William Eggleston in the Real World ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42428]]></link><description><![CDATA[William Eggleston in the Real World]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,  Whose stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,   O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming;    And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,     Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there!      Oh! say, does that star spangled banner yet wave,       O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love, and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52136]]></link><description><![CDATA[I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love, and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety, or fear try to call me, they will keep getting a busy signal and soon they'll forget my number.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47136]]></link><description><![CDATA[If "everybody knows" such-and-such, then it ain't so, by at least ten thousand to one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The education of a man is never completed until he dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13484]]></link><description><![CDATA[The education of a man is never completed until he dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The product that will not sell without advertising will not sell profitably with advertising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The product that will not sell without advertising will not sell profitably with advertising.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on sin:  Evil is the soul's choice of the not-God. The corollary is that damnation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on sin:  Evil is the soul's choice of the not-God. The corollary is that damnation or hell, is the permanent choice of the not-God. God does not (in the monstrous old-fashioned phrase) "send" anybody to hell; hell is that state of the soul in which its choice becomes obdurate and fixed; the punishment (so to call it) of that soul is to remain eternally in that State which it has chosen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne. [Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un moine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44952]]></link><description><![CDATA[He adopts the opinion of others like a monk in the Sorbonne. [Fr., Il opine du bonnet comme un moine en Sorbonne.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62861]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sit in judgmentof those things which you perceive to be wrong orimperfect is to be one more person who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21516]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sit in judgmentof those things which you perceive to be wrong orimperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil orimperfection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin  At him here;   But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18887]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin  At him here;   But the old three-cornered hat    And the breeches and all that     Are so queer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no other but a woman's reason: I think him so, because I think him so. -The Two Gentleman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55329]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no other but a woman's reason: I think him so, because I think him so. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with ignorance is that it picks up confidence as it goes along. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9685]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with ignorance is that it picks up confidence as it goes along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52274]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46140]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46140</guid></item></channel></rss>