<?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[Plant no other tree before the vine. [Lat., Nullam vare, sacra vite prius arborem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plant no other tree before the vine. [Lat., Nullam vare, sacra vite prius arborem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60873]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the gloamin' o' the wood The throssil whusslit sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59253]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the gloamin' o' the wood The throssil whusslit sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, Madame, I have fed like a farmer; I shall grow as fat as a porpoise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, Madame, I have fed like a farmer; I shall grow as fat as a porpoise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65139]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53016]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54942]]></link><description><![CDATA[When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one delights more in vengeance than a woman.Juvenal, Satires, XIII. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60474]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one delights more in vengeance than a woman.Juvenal, Satires, XIII.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis rushing now adown the spout, And gushing out below,  Half frantic in its joyousness,   And wild ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61305]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis rushing now adown the spout, And gushing out below,  Half frantic in its joyousness,   And wild in eager flow.    The earth is dried and parched with heat,     And it hath long'd to be      Released from out the selfish cloud,       To cool the thirsty tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4651]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restive horses must be roughly dealt with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58014]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got off to a great start. They were feeding off the emotion from the crowd I think. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31304]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got off to a great start. They were feeding off the emotion from the crowd I think. It was great to see Jake hit some shots. He's been struggling lately and to see him shoot like that was fun to watch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11109]]></link><description><![CDATA[A son is a son till he takes him a wife, a daughter is a daughter all of her life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is difficult to those who have the will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been practicing hard, too. I really don't want to mention it, but wouldn't it be nice if ... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37696]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been practicing hard, too. I really don't want to mention it, but wouldn't it be nice if ...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26359]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The guilty think all talk is of themselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The guilty think all talk is of themselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he that stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. -King John. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55793]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he that stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up. -King John. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who know him. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who know him. [Lat., Virtutis expers verbis jactans gloriam  Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dialectic is neither fiction or mysticism, but a science of the forms of our thinking insofar as it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26487]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dialectic is neither fiction or mysticism, but a science of the forms of our thinking insofar as it is not limited to the daily problems of life but attempts to arrive at an understanding of more complicated and drawn-out processes. The dialectic and formal logic bear a relationship similar to that between higher and lower mathematics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends will keep you sane, Love could fill your heart, A lover can warm your bed, But lonely is the soul without a mate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27722]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/717]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sentinel angel sitting high in glory Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:  "Have mercy, mighty angel, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27338]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sentinel angel sitting high in glory Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:  "Have mercy, mighty angel, hear my story!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58689]]></link><description><![CDATA[In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew we had to press up and play good defense. Good defense turns into good offense. We take pride ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29683]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew we had to press up and play good defense. Good defense turns into good offense. We take pride in playing good defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66685]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wasn't affected by inflation -- I had nothing to inflate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20838]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wasn't affected by inflation -- I had nothing to inflate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can anyone be against abortion but for the death penalty ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/123]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can anyone be against abortion but for the death penalty]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45925]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confess yourself to heaven, Repent what's past, avoid what is to come,  And do not spread the compost on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confess yourself to heaven, Repent what's past, avoid what is to come,  And do not spread the compost on the weeds   To make them ranker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action speaks louder than words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action speaks louder than words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind can also be an erogenous zone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62683]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind can also be an erogenous zone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work thou not on energized equipment, for if thou dost, thy fellow workers will surely buy beers for thy widow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work thou not on energized equipment, for if thou dost, thy fellow workers will surely buy beers for thy widow and console her in other ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52294]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What looks like a giving hand is often a holding on for dear life. Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10647]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a tree frog that's possibly a new species. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34646]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a tree frog that's possibly a new species.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will not luxury taste? Earth, sea, and air, Are daily ransack'd for the bill of fare.  Blood stuffed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13193]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will not luxury taste? Earth, sea, and air, Are daily ransack'd for the bill of fare.  Blood stuffed in skins is British Christians' food,   And France robs marshes of the croaking brood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often originates in the events of times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every work of Genius is tinctured by the feelings, and often originates in the events of times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46295]]></link><description><![CDATA[It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and to whom unlimited energy means unlimited power for war and destruction, there is an ominous cloud in the distance though at present it be no bigger than a man's hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52502]]></link><description><![CDATA[To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52502</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[Obedience alone gives the right to command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obedience alone gives the right to command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absolute fundamental aim is to make money out of satisfying customers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15852]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absolute fundamental aim is to make money out of satisfying customers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be theconsequence, and pains to be coveted that will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be theconsequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greaterpleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22678</guid></item></channel></rss>